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**GooogleGuy** · 05-02-2012, 08:57 PM

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I don't think it'll ever really be economical to mine asteroids for raw material on Earth, but it would be for bases/colonies further out in the solar system.

I think, at least initially, any "off-world" mining would be done by the colonies, for the colonies. No point bringing it all the way back here to make a metal beam to send back there to make a structure. In that respect the mining would not be done for profit but for necessity - any profit would be a long way off. Because of this, a private company is less likely to be the first and initially all of the set-up will have to be done by a government type agancy...

05-02-2012, 08:57 PM	#79
GooogleGuy Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 365 Senior Member	pop I don't think it'll ever really be economical to mine asteroids for raw material on Earth, but it would be for bases/colonies further out in the solar system. I think, at least initially, any "off-world" mining would be done by the colonies, for the colonies. No point bringing it all the way back here to make a metal beam to send back there to make a structure. In that respect the mining would not be done for profit but for necessity - any profit would be a long way off. Because of this, a private company is less likely to be the first and initially all of the set-up will have to be done by a government type agancy...
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