Asteroids

JUPITERASC

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JUPITERASC

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'.....Private companies want to mine asteroids for fuel
and build filling stations in space.
A bill now in front of US Congress would help by allowing them to own what they discover
- but it might, if passed, meet stiff international opposition.
Chris Lewicki is trying to get water from a stone :smile:
A really big stone thousands of miles from Earth
The president of space mining firm Planetary Resources used to oversee robotic Mars missions at Nasa,
but today he's betting big on asteroids.
The chunks of matter hurtling through the cosmos are rich in valuable minerals, he says,
but finding water could be like striking liquid gold....'


'......."We can tell from telescopes
that look out from mountaintops here on Earth
that certain types of asteroids can be relatively abundant in water and water-bearing minerals"
According to Lewicki, it currently costs nearly $2bn (£1.2bn) per year
to launch enough water
- six tons per person -
to sustain the six astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
But, in addition to providing drinking water, H20 can also be converted into breathable air,
and into fuel
- liquid hydrogen and oxygen form the most efficient rocket fuel known to man....'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29334645
 

JUPITERASC

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SCIENTISTS DECIDE PLUTO IS A PLANET, AGAIN: In Your Face Asteroid Thread.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/02/pluto-planet-solar-system/16578959/?csp=fbfanpage

Talk about lord of "regeneration."
:lol:
QUOTE source http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...age&siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-5CdGsPhxTBmtbK.qU3YybQ



'....What's next for Pluto?

Not much, officially anyway,

according to a spokesman from the International Astronomical Union:

"There are currently no requests from any astronomers
to put this issue on the agenda at the General Assembly of the IAU,
Pluto is a dwarf planet," :smile:

wrote Lars Lindberg Christensen, IAU press officer, in an e-mail to USA TODAY.

The next IAU General Assembly is in Honolulu in August 2015.
 

Tessie

Banned
Big or small, black or white, a human is a human, is a human.

Giant or dwarf, red or green, a planet is a planet, is a planet, we can all agree.

:smile:
 
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