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>Steve - We *live* in an asteroid belt. I have heard estimates of millions=
of
objects in the group called the Apollo earth-crossing asteroids.
I am referring to what is the popular definition of the asteroid belt,
wher= e the bigger
ones like Ceres are. The solar system is filled with smaller asteroids,
an= d many of them
could've been thrown into Earth-crossing orbits by Jupiter. That planet
ha= s a lot of say
in the presence and actions of the asteroids.
>I did some reading and it still catches my eye. Back in the late 1970's
asteroid mining was all the rage among space futurists.
They even had situations where big rockets or some kind of futuristic drive=
was put
on an asteroid, which was then used to put the asteroid into Earth orbit.
>As it turns out, the ground to LEO lift is not there.
>but if it ever arrives we may have lots of asteroidal resources right in t=
he
neighborhood.
The space elevator only gets you into orbit. You still need to get to the=
asteroids. If they
put engines onto asteroids and steer them towards Earth, I can imagine all
= the protests,
"What if the engines fail? What if the asteroids hit Earth?"
>I recommend reading up on it.
I have been reading up on them. I've been researching space elevators for
= possible use
in a story.
>there's not much new on the subject any more. but once upon a time the que=
stion
was being seriously raised if the surface of a planet was really the best p= lace
for an industrial society.
Perhaps not, but in Trek, I'd imagine that most space-based industrial
comp= lexes aren't on
asteroids, but are in space stations, perhaps with some degree of mobility
= to go where the
raw materials are.
>PLEASE do NOT talk down to me, Steve. there are thousands of really, real=
ly
big rocks not too far away from us.
Of course, but what I was saying was that the way asteroids are portrayed
o= n the screen
is not reality. These thousands of really, really big rocks are well sprea= d out.
Steve
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>Steve - We *live* in an asteroid belt. I have
heard estimates of
millions ofobjects in the group called the Apollo earth-crossing
asteroids.
I am referring to what is the
popular definition
of
the asteroid belt, where the bigger
ones like Ceres are. The
solar system is
filled with smaller asteroids, and many of them
could've been thrown into
Earth-crossing orbits by
Jupiter. That planet has a lot of say
in the presence and actions of the
asteroids.
>I did some reading and it still catches my
eye. Back in the late
1970'sasteroid mining was all the rage among space
futurists.
They even had situations where big
rockets or some
kind of futuristic drive was put
on an asteroid, which was then
used to put the
asteroid into Earth orbit.
>As it turns out, the ground to LEO lift is not
there.>but
if
it ever arrives we may have lots of asteroidal resources right in
theneighborhood.
The space elevator only gets you
into orbit.
You still need to get to the asteroids. If
they
put engines onto asteroids and
steer them towards
Earth, I can imagine all the protests,
"What if the engines fail?
What if the asteroids
hit Earth?"
>I recommend reading up on it.
I have been reading up on
them. I've been
researching space elevators for possible use
in a
story.>there's not much new
on the subject any more. but once upon a time the questionwas
being seriously raised if the surface of a planet was really the best
placefor an industrial society.
Perhaps not, but in Trek, I'd
imagine that most
space-based industrial complexes aren't on
asteroids, but are in space
stations, perhaps with
some degree of mobility to go where the
raw materials are.
>PLEASE do NOT talk down to me, Steve. there
are thousands of
really, reallybig rocks not too far away from us.
Of course, but what I was saying
was that the way
asteroids are portrayed on the screen
is not reality. These
thousands of really,
really big rocks are well spread out.
Steve
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Unbounded.
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