asteroid mining?
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Holdfast said:
That is something I would expect spannermonkey to talk about when discussing his vw's.
Holdfast- Are you sure you aren't spanner?
3 trillion dollars to figure out how to get there and mine.... 300 billion dollars for the equipment... 200 billion dollars to bring that small amount of metal back (everytime)..... The HUUGE rise in metals prices when they realize how bullshit all that was.......priceless 
**it will never freaking happen**
**it will never freaking happen**
Naphthalene Man said:
I do take that as an insult
AngloSaxon
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SilverPete said:
You're too new a member. Don't worry about it. We all got a laugh and don't take it personally.
NASA Unveils Plans For an Asteroid Capture Mission
NASA is currently working on one of the most difficult parts of its asteroid-retrieval mission: finding an appropriate space rock to shrink-wrap in space.
Dozens of asteroids have been identified by scientists as "promising targets" for NASA's asteroid-capture mission.
The space agency will attempt to drag a small asteroid, or a piece of a larger one, to a stable orbit around the moon, where it can be visited by astronauts by 2025, according to SPACE.com.
http://www.autoworldnews.com/articl...ils-plans-for-an-asteroid-capture-mission.htm
http://images.autoworldnews.com/data/images/full/6577/asteroid.jpg?w=600
NASA is looking for ways to actualize its asteroid capturing scheme.
Plan is to capture a 500-ton asteroid and put it into orbit around the Moon. It will then be used as refueling space stations for astronauts making their way to Mars.
http://austriantribune.com/informat...-million-develop-plan-asteroid-capture-scheme
http://austriantribune.com/sites/de...nasa-develop-plan-asteroid-capture-scheme.jpg
NASA is currently working on one of the most difficult parts of its asteroid-retrieval mission: finding an appropriate space rock to shrink-wrap in space.
Dozens of asteroids have been identified by scientists as "promising targets" for NASA's asteroid-capture mission.
The space agency will attempt to drag a small asteroid, or a piece of a larger one, to a stable orbit around the moon, where it can be visited by astronauts by 2025, according to SPACE.com.
http://www.autoworldnews.com/articl...ils-plans-for-an-asteroid-capture-mission.htm
http://images.autoworldnews.com/data/images/full/6577/asteroid.jpg?w=600
NASA is looking for ways to actualize its asteroid capturing scheme.
Plan is to capture a 500-ton asteroid and put it into orbit around the Moon. It will then be used as refueling space stations for astronauts making their way to Mars.
http://austriantribune.com/informat...-million-develop-plan-asteroid-capture-scheme
http://austriantribune.com/sites/de...nasa-develop-plan-asteroid-capture-scheme.jpg
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is releasing the Earthly equivalent of two glasses of water into space every second.
The observations were made by the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO), aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft on June 6, 2014.
The detection of water vapor has implications not only for cometary science, but also for mission planning, as the Rosetta team prepares the spacecraft to become the first ever to orbit a comet (planned for August), and the first to deploy a lander to its surface (planned for November 11).
"At this production rate, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in about 100 days. But, as the comet gets closer to the sun, the gas production rate will increase.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.p...tm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=daily20140630
Mmm water in space.
The observations were made by the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO), aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft on June 6, 2014.
The detection of water vapor has implications not only for cometary science, but also for mission planning, as the Rosetta team prepares the spacecraft to become the first ever to orbit a comet (planned for August), and the first to deploy a lander to its surface (planned for November 11).
"At this production rate, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko would fill an Olympic-size swimming pool in about 100 days. But, as the comet gets closer to the sun, the gas production rate will increase.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.p...tm_campaign=NASAJPL&utm_content=daily20140630
Mmm water in space.
Philski
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Did you know? Nothing on this planet above the specific gravity of Iron came from this solar system. Our heavy minerals on Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury are the end result of an exploding super nova in a distant galaxy consuming and converting hydrogen into helium into Fe into Au etc etc. As above in holdfasts post, Nasa are hoping to captured an asteroid and transport it to our moon to be put in its orbit, so we can observe and study it with ease. It may have even been yesterday or the day before they captured it. Its game on.
The rosetta comet is another.
taken from Nasa:
Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the epoch when the sun and its planets formed. By studying the gas, dust and structure of the nucleus and organic materials associated with the comet, via both remote and in-situ observations, the Rosetta mission should be a key to unlocking the history and evolution of our solar system, as well as answering questions regarding the origin of Earth's water and perhaps even life. Rosetta will be the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the sun, and deploy a lander to its surface.
The comets may be an eventual sources of water for deep space flight and vehicles for us to travel though space, And, at the very least offer a better understanding of our own solar system.
The rosetta comet is another.
taken from Nasa:
Comets are time capsules containing primitive material left over from the epoch when the sun and its planets formed. By studying the gas, dust and structure of the nucleus and organic materials associated with the comet, via both remote and in-situ observations, the Rosetta mission should be a key to unlocking the history and evolution of our solar system, as well as answering questions regarding the origin of Earth's water and perhaps even life. Rosetta will be the first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet, escort it as it orbits the sun, and deploy a lander to its surface.
The comets may be an eventual sources of water for deep space flight and vehicles for us to travel though space, And, at the very least offer a better understanding of our own solar system.
The European Space Agency's attempt to land the first spacecraft on a distant ball of ice. (Ten years to get there)
Rosetta, will rendezvous with Comet 67-P (67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) in about 12 days.
Final landing sequence, scheduled for November 11 when Rosetta will release its Lander named Philae.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sc...st-got-twice-as-difficult-20140726-zwyro.html
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/03/28/rosettas-lander-is-awake/
Rosetta, will rendezvous with Comet 67-P (67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) in about 12 days.
Final landing sequence, scheduled for November 11 when Rosetta will release its Lander named Philae.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sc...st-got-twice-as-difficult-20140726-zwyro.html
http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/03/28/rosettas-lander-is-awake/
Holdfast said:The European Space Agency's attempt to land the first spacecraft on a distant ball of ice. (Ten years to get there)
Rosetta, will rendezvous with Comet 67-P (67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) in about 12 days.
these vids are for everyone who dosent know about the rosetta mission up until now. its a good way to explain things for people like me lol. these videos will make u care....and if u still dont, u have no soul lol
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trljrwTbr4w[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s35Jlwobcqk[/youtube]
ego2spare said:3 trillion dollars to figure out how to get there and mine.... 300 billion dollars for the equipment... 200 billion dollars to bring that small amount of metal back (everytime)..... The HUUGE rise in metals prices when they realize how bullshit all that was.......priceless
**it will never freaking happen**
Sounds like a normal day in American banking... making up numbers and things!
Update post 32
*Today, Rosetta is just 100 km from the comet's surface.
*As many as five possible landing sites will be identified by late August, before the primary site is identified in mid-September.
*The final timeline for the sequence of events for deploying Philae - currently expected for 11 November - will be confirmed by the middle of October.
"Over the next few months, in addition to characterising the comet nucleus and setting the bar for the rest of the mission, we will begin final preparations for another space history first: landing on a comet,".
"*After landing, Rosetta will continue to accompany the comet until its closest approach to the Sun in August 2015 and beyond, watching its behaviour from close quarters to give us a unique insight and real time experience of how a comet works as it hurtles around the Sun."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...s-67P-comet-10-years-after-leaving-Earth.html
Well...it looks as if mankind is getting closer and closer to landing on a small object that is travelling at about 34,175 miles per hour
If the mission is successful, the implications are mind boggling...asteroid capture...asteroid mining...re-directing asteroids for use in space missions or protecting Earth from collisions (Or Maybe as weapons).
H
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...s-67P-comet-10-years-after-leaving-Earth.html
*Today, Rosetta is just 100 km from the comet's surface.
*As many as five possible landing sites will be identified by late August, before the primary site is identified in mid-September.
*The final timeline for the sequence of events for deploying Philae - currently expected for 11 November - will be confirmed by the middle of October.
"Over the next few months, in addition to characterising the comet nucleus and setting the bar for the rest of the mission, we will begin final preparations for another space history first: landing on a comet,".
"*After landing, Rosetta will continue to accompany the comet until its closest approach to the Sun in August 2015 and beyond, watching its behaviour from close quarters to give us a unique insight and real time experience of how a comet works as it hurtles around the Sun."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...s-67P-comet-10-years-after-leaving-Earth.html
Well...it looks as if mankind is getting closer and closer to landing on a small object that is travelling at about 34,175 miles per hour
If the mission is successful, the implications are mind boggling...asteroid capture...asteroid mining...re-directing asteroids for use in space missions or protecting Earth from collisions (Or Maybe as weapons).
H
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...s-67P-comet-10-years-after-leaving-Earth.html
Pirocco said:
A fantasy??? Maybe but...there's plenty of fledgling missions that are very interested in asteroids.
Hayabusa was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis.
Hayabusa, was launched on 9 May 2003 and rendezvoused with Itokawa in mid-September 2005.
After arriving at Itokawa, Hayabusa studied the asteroid's shape, spin, topography, colour, composition, density, and history. In November 2005, it landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa
*So it would seem, landing isn't a problem.
*Collecting samples isn't a problem.
And...with more and more space missions that allow us to find the composition of planets and asteroids there's plenty of interest in resources.
Capturing may be challenging but...you can bet your stack that sooner or later, asteroids and near celestial bodies will be mined.
Within the next decade or so, the space agency wants to snag the space rock and haul it to the moon.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-bets-asteroid-mission-best-path-mars
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLRc5rNG0k#t=43[/youtube]
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nasa-bets-asteroid-mission-best-path-mars
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLRc5rNG0k#t=43[/youtube]
