Hi all, At long last I have a first draft "Big Picture" ready. See attached. It is an Excel table. Most of you may find it cumbersome to navigate through this...
Congratulations, Ueli, the spreadsheet does help to connect an overview of all the discussions! I have even been inspired to print this out as a 5 x 3 foot...
Thanks Jan, If you think those thumbnails can go into the cells, please go ahead and try it. Ueli ... From: EOS Mars Program <eos.mars.program@...> ...
Thumbnails well may be useful to add, as part of the milestone publication, Ueli. At the moment they provide an easy set of visual pointers to the key stages...
Good points Jan, Agree to have that further column, particularly because you are right to say that this could be research that can be done NOW with a view to...
Yes if we are careless in uncovering the very rich volatile materials then it could slowly start to blow off. Even after a few hours in the sun it will blow...
Jim, Very good point: Shading of mines on spent comets! As for mining chondrites (the C-types) we've had a look at that before: See the milestones - "Options...
I am inactive now because of other projects, but your forum will be valuable research material when I am writing my two short stories about Mars and NEAs....
Every time I look at the big picture reports and read the comments on the board, I still keep thinking of what is it we need to do to start? And I am unable...
Boyd, I'm not sure what you mean by "baseline profit making venture". The first income stream? The main "baseline" income stream of a mature mining operation? ...
Hi Cody Carson, You're the guy behind "candlelight pictures", right? Anyway, interesting to hear you're working on short stories. Any questions? Might actually...
Hi all, So far nobody has yet made any suggestions on how to improve this Excel Table that should provide us an overview so that we know what fits with what....
Yes, this really does clarify that precursor stage, Ueli..... We did much work on these elements so it is preferable to demonstrate there, those foundations...
Interested yes. We need to fly the mines and be able to change their position also use them as way stations emergency supplies & to restock travelers and cover...
from James Wilson spacetrader.net Hey I like that, now were talking. The more we can involve the public, even if it's just for entertainment the better. As a...
I hope I am not boring you. It has been a while and some things are easier to understand after a while and when more background is available. Mostly I listed...
On October 8, 2009 about 03:00 Greenwich time, an atmospheric fireball blast was observed and recorded over an island region of Indonesia. The blast is thought...
A completed stage one spreadsheet of the 'NEAmines Big Picture Evolutions' is now available online at: http://www.asteroidmines.net/documents/BigPicture/ ...
Thanks a lot Jan for finalizing and uploading this. I believe with this Excel we now have a VERY powerful tool to show how the various diverse things we're...
It's good to feel that another milestone is under the belt, Ueli, and this one should prove to be both flexible and dynamic. It will also be a barometer of...
To kick-start the possible layout and interactions of the LEO orbital rack and stockyard development, I drafted this visual yesterday: [As it is a fairly large...
This looks great, guys, congratulations! I think it be worthwhile if you begin to collapse this information into a more standardized format such as a PDF...
For the record, a close encounter of the mineral kind: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news166.html http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/InnerPlot2.html ...