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**JennaJJxoxoxo** · 04-30-2012, 06:54 PM

I asked this in the last asteroid mining thread:

How do you get mining quantities ( ie hundreds or thousands of tonnes of minerals) from space to Earth and make sure they land in the right place, don't land too hard etc?

Method one, dedicated ore haulage craft. Will be designed like space shuttles but probably bigger to improve the economics.

Method two, just tow the asteroid here and mine it on Earth, would require some very precise physics.

Method three, reduce the amount of haulage significantly by processing in space first.

04-30-2012, 06:54 PM	#22
JennaJJxoxoxo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 581 Senior Member	I asked this in the last asteroid mining thread: How do you get mining quantities ( ie hundreds or thousands of tonnes of minerals) from space to Earth and make sure they land in the right place, don't land too hard etc? Method one, dedicated ore haulage craft. Will be designed like space shuttles but probably bigger to improve the economics. Method two, just tow the asteroid here and mine it on Earth, would require some very precise physics. Method three, reduce the amount of haulage significantly by processing in space first.
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