Did you know that At $27 Billion, Mining in Space Could Cost Less Than a Gas Plant?

2015-11-08T13:45:52-05:00

Did you know that At $27 Billion, Mining in Space Could Cost Less Than a Gas Plant?

RP Community what do you think about mining raw materials from the moon or an asteroid- too many science fiction movies?

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Getting a mine up and running on the moon or an asteroid would cost less than building the biggest gas terminals on Earth, according to research presented to a forum of company executives and NASA scientists.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-05/at-27-billion-mining-in-space-could-cost-less-than-a-gas-plant

At $27 Billion, Mining in Space Could Cost Less Than a Gas Plant

Getting a mine up and running on the moon or an asteroid would cost less than building the biggest gas terminals on Earth, according to research presented to a forum of company executives and NASA scientists.

Response by SPC Elijah J. Henry, MBA made Nov 8 at 2015 1:59 PM

2015-11-08T13:59:49-05:00

Cool. Good to know. Now if I just had an extra $27 billion to invest in this kind of thing...

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 8 at 2015 2:26 PM

2015-11-08T14:26:40-05:00

Yeah! Let's go to the moon and play pollute it like we have here on earth. No problem in that. Let's pollute the moon, Mars, Jupiter, and wherever else we can get to. I think we've polluted the atmosphere and our planet enough. IMHO

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Nov 8 at 2015 2:44 PM

2015-11-08T14:44:42-05:00

COL Mikel J. Burroughs while mining in space could cost less than a gas plant the pipeline to transport it to another station or back to earth would be astronomical :-)
It would be comical for somebody to advance an idea that a physical pipeline from the moon to earth to push or pull the material. Jules Verne would have had fun with that concept :-)

Response by SN Greg Wright made Nov 8 at 2015 3:15 PM

2015-11-08T15:15:42-05:00

COL Mikel J. Burroughs There are asteroids out there made of enough materials who's net economic worth is more than the entire economic output of the human race to date. Space mining will be a no-brainer once the dollar signs start flashing.