Comments on: The Type of Asteroid to Mine, Part 1 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/ Space Mining, Space Settlement, and Space Science! Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:22:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.3 By: Moonrakers: Getting the Big Cheese! - Philip Metzger http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-26064 Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:55:23 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-26064 […] The second place to mine in near-Earth space is on a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) that we will bring back to orbit the Moon.  We hope to start doing that very soon!  This has been discussed in some of the prior posts. […]

]]> By: Mike Herron http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-24078 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:19:04 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-24078 OK I know this will sound nuts, but for years I have been wondering if it might be possible to vastly upscale the size of mass spectrometry to mine in space. The general thought was to ionize ore using mirrors and solar and then using ambient magnetic fields (or artificial ) to accelerate and deflect a beam of these ions towards a cold plate (at some distance) for collection. Yes this would require a stupid amount of power, but the result would be a general method to purify whatever was needed.

Please destroy this suggestion, and/or point me towards any previous discussion of the idea. I asked a few mass spec people years ago and they backed away from me rapidly! :)

]]> By: Lennart Lopin http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-23839 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:17:06 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-23839 Philip, interesting read. Does that mean though that other solar systems have a similar make-up? If the Frost Line plays such an important role during the planetary formation time could we expect gas giants close to “asteroid belts” elsewhere?

]]> By: Richard http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-294 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:16:11 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-294 Yeh lets get out there and start mining them, hopefully theres gonna be alot more money going into NASA

]]> By: SE3 – Dr Philip Metzger, NASA Physicist & Space Miner Explains Space Mining | Friday After Work - Many questions have been answered but how many more remain? http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-175 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:08:36 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-175 […] Get Ready to Mine Space! […]

]]> By: The Type of Asteroid to Mine, Part 2 - Philip Metzger http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-151 Tue, 28 May 2013 04:22:04 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-151 […] This series of posts discusses the best type of asteroid to bring back to Earth to mine.  The previous post (Part 1) discussed why the asteroids formed near Jupiter and why their chemistry is different than […]

]]> By: Warren Platts http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/type-of-asteroid-to-mine-part-1/#comment-131 Thu, 16 May 2013 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.philipmetzger.com/blog/?p=373#comment-131 My favorites are the nickel-iron asteroids. Nature’s own Inconel !!

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