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**Blotassefesek** · 05-02-2012, 08:33 PM

Most asteroids have low mass, and hence very low gravity.

Linear momentum is conserved, so it would be very difficult to perform any mining operations on most asteroids: even a person using a crowbar to make a hole would, unless somehow restrained, fy off into space.

05-02-2012, 08:33 PM	#73
Blotassefesek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	Most asteroids have low mass, and hence very low gravity. Linear momentum is conserved, so it would be very difficult to perform any mining operations on most asteroids: even a person using a crowbar to make a hole would, unless somehow restrained, fy off into space.
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