I received this today and thought it might be of some interest ... bfc.2007 New York Times News Service Part of the fallout from the ``Is-Pluto-a- planet?''...
You know Shaun, one sometimes really wonders what on earth NASA has been thinking.... - one thing however is reconfirmed again in this article: We cannot and ...
I talked to Elon Musk and he has stated that he does not believe that asteroid mining can pay for itself. He may be willing to read and reconsider once we...
James, I wholeheartedly agree. We need to get our act together and make a fairly reasonable case for an asteroid venture, that makes economic sense. But in ...
Hi all, The Microwave Electro Thermal drive (MET) looks like becoming a key technology for our efforts. I was wondering whether we could get people who are...
Have not had very much time to consider other events at present, as my college is in the process of moving the entire campus to a new site, with all the...
Jan, Bigelow is a hero!! Helps get something done that works and has a real operative potential, for a change. You know what? Anything like a "big" Genesis...
An interesting pointer here to the discovery of our key payload volatiles existing on the open surface of an asteroid-like structure, namely the 'moon'...
Jan, Hold it! Water ice on the surface of Hyperion simply means it's way way way out there in the cold, orbiting Saturn. However, a NEA is a lot nearer to the...
Hi all, In the Orbitugs Yahoo on the orbital tug (at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEAminesOrbitugs) we have hit on the importance of gyroscopes for operating...
Yes, we both have a slightly different take on this, Ueli. It is very significant for me that in the relative vicinity of Mars there are readily accessible...
At the last Mars Society conference Elon said in his presentation "if pure cocaine was in orbit around the Earth, it would cost too much to go up and get it"....
I searched on Microwave electro-thermal thruster www.marssociety.org/portal%2525252522+accesskey%252525253d%25252525221/TMS_Library/Brandenburg_2002_1/view ...
Well, I'm not sure, but a kg of platinum or ruthenium or tantalum might cost considerably more than a kg of pure cocaine..... I'm afraid Elon Musk might be a...
Dear all, Let me throw out a fundamental concern on our NEAmines effort and see where it bounces: How to justify spending on this? I believe the space effort...
What you are asking is important even critical in the long run. Is it a new direction we want to split off onto at this time? I am going to have to drop out...
Hi everyone, I'm new here. My name is frank Stratford, I'm the CEO of MarsDrive and in my spare time (when I get any) I like to participate in efforts to...
Hi Frank, Again, welcome on board! Thanks for that article in spacereview. Triggers a whole range of ideas. And to be honest, I fully agree with Schlosberg...
Hi all, Now let me try to "backtrack" in order to identify milestones in the "here and now" on our NEAmines challenge. Well, the trigger for NEAmines was this...
Some of you might by now be wondering again about intellectual property rights on what we're doing on NEAmines. So far the situation has not changed: a) We...
I would certainly agree with the idea for "milestone-investments" but there is still a more fundamental problem to be dealt with. Space business plans can't be...
From: James Wilson spacetrader.net/ b2b-galaxy.com Its amazing what you can get accomplished if you leave the money and the glory to others. Considering that...
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Frank, I want to quickly toss this out since it is on topic right now but I can't spend a lot of time on details. To reduce the risk of investor's money, I...
pigs in space ... -- _____________________________________________________ Debi-Lee Wilkinson Geophysical Institute University of Alaska Fairbanks 506-C Elvey...
Sorry, that was a note to self and it was supposed to go into the drafts folder to be written later. So I better explain it. I was talking with a friend here...
Thanks Frank, Phew, lots to think of here. But let me try a paraphrase: 1. Classic capitalist - mode Reading your post made me think of the classic capitalist...
I agree with you Ueli, commercial space start ups don't have alot going for them right now and if they keep going the way they are going may not do so for a...
Frank, I get a hunch, that before sending a mining probe to a NEA a whole range of other stuff needs to be first in place to make the results of that probe...
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