The Economist (US), December 24th, 1994
Asteroids are composed of metals that are not easily obtained from the earth's core. A way to mine asteroids that are near the earth is involved, as it requires expensive ways to transport the mined materials back to the planet. Obtaining the asteroids is fairly easy.
WHEN comet Shoemaker-Levy thundered into Jupiter in July it brought home, with a force of many megatons, the fact that the smaller pieces of the solar system sometimes hit the larger pieces. The evidence that this applied to the earth as it did to everywhere else was suddenly taken more seriously. America's Congress, which had p...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'How to mine a flying mountain. (obtaining raw materials from asteroids)'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
