[extropy-chat] space: a novel approach to the NEO problem

[Samantha Atkins]

Sigh.  it is a start but it would be much more intelligent to actually  
mine the asteroids for volatiles, metals, precious metals and so on  
while we are there.

-s

On May 20, 2004, at 7:23 AM, Kevin Freels wrote:

> Space.com had an article today that I thought may be of interest to  
> some. SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc is developing a plan for a swarm of  
> robots that would land on a NEO,  "eat" it, then eject the "eaten"  
> part into space via a mass driver with a self-replicating tube to give  
> the asteroid a little nudge in the opposite direction. Here's the  
> article:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=96&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ 
> space/20040519/sc_space/ 
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