Tacamateurs....

[BrasSmonkey]

remember i told you this? you said no way!!!

Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids

When the e-scooter company Matt Gialich used to work for had to pause production owing to a shortage of platinum, a key component for the microprocessor that translates commands from the controls to the motor, he went down a rabbit hole researching metals.

Gialich, whose childhood love of space led him into engineering and a job at the satellite launch company Virgin Orbit before its bankruptcy, began wondering how to extract the metal in asteroids. Scientists believe these chunks of celestial debris, which are by-products from the birth of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago, are rich in metals that are in short supply on Earth.

In 2022, Gialich and Jose Acain, who has almost a decade of experience at SpaceX and NASA, founded AstroForge. Now the California-based startup is attempting to make asteroid mining a reality.

The company isn’t alone. The clean energy transition is expected to cause demand for mineral resources to soar, and interest in extracting them from previously untapped sources, like the ocean floor and space, is growing. Companies across the world have raised tens of millions of dollars to test asteroid-mining technologies.

Some say the idea is a prohibitively expensive, far-fetched fantasy. But 38-year-old Gialich thinks it could be put into practice soon. “Going out and securing resources from space is this Holy Grail,” he says. “I think we’re finally at this inflection point where we can take it on.

https://www.cnn.com/world/astroforge-as ... index.html

[tacnet]

No I said they wouldn't be mining minerals from other PLANETS because of the huge cost in extracting it and transporting it all the way back to earth - viewtopic.php?f=74&t=7240&hilit=element ... 75#p133350

• 1. The planets are much further away whereas asteroids can be brought to near earth orbit

• 2. Planets have gravity so you would need a LOT more fuel to launch from a planet whereas asteroids have very little gravity so a lot easier to touch down and lift off

• 3. Most of the heavy metals on planets will have sunk to core when the planet was molten, just as they have here on earth. That's why heavy metals such as gold, platinum etc are so rare because most of them sank to the core when the earth was molten. Asteroids are basically smashed up planets so the heavy metals are exposed and easier to mine

Im NOT going to get into another stupid argument with you. You've been throwing insults at me all week trying to start a fight and I just dont give a shit.

[TheButcher]

The cost for one will be out of this world (no pun intended). Bringing back the metals will make it so expensive it will be cheaper to pay for it right here on earth.

[BrasSmonkey]

asteroids are from planets formation.....

TransAstra. TransAstra's space mining technology relies on a technique known as optical mining, which concentrates light from the sun to pull propellant biomasses from space objects like asteroids, moons and the surfaces of planets.

[tacnet]

asteroids are from planets formation.....

TransAstra. TransAstra's space mining technology relies on a technique known as optical mining, which concentrates light from the sun to pull propellant biomasses from space objects like asteroids, moons and the surfaces of planets.

Just because the technology can be used on another planet does NOT mean that's what they are planning to do !! It can be used on earth too but they are NOT planning to do that either

I can well believe that they will one day mine on the moon or on near earth asteroids but they are not going to be hauling heavy metals all the way back from somewhere like Mars. Like the Butcher said, the cost would be ridiculous

I was right in what I said and I really dont give a fuck what you think anymore. Go fuck yourslef !!!

End of my input on this

[BrasSmonkey]

asteroids are from planets formation.....

TransAstra. TransAstra's space mining technology relies on a technique known as optical mining, which concentrates light from the sun to pull propellant biomasses from space objects like asteroids, moons and the surfaces of planets.

Just because the technology can be used on another planet does NOT mean that's what they are planning to do !!

I can well believe that they will one day mine on the moon or on near earth asteroids but they are not going to be hauling heavy metals all the way back from somewhere like Mars. Like the Butcher said, the cost would be ridiculous !!!

I was right in what I said and I really dont give a fuck what you think anymore. Go fuck yourslef !!!

End of my input on this

it will take a long time... we will not see it.... hahahaha!!! i was over there! you did say there was not anything they could mine....

[BHT]

Practically and financially not worth the effort.

[BrasSmonkey]

Practically and financially not worth the effort.

like you know what they are doing.... the material needed for space travel is not on earth.... i said that b4