>From: "Ross A. Finlayson" <raf@tiki-lounge.com>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: "extropians@extropy.org" <extropians@extropy.org>
>Subject: Space Mining
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 16:35:41 -0400
>
>Hello,
>
>Here is some information about the prospects of space mining, from
>http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/05/16/space.mining/index.html:
>
>"In particular, the asteroid Amun, a mountain of natural stainless steel
>mixed with
> precious metals, contains 30 times as much metal as humans
>have mined and
> processed throughout history, Lewis said. The smallest of
>dozens of known
> metallic asteroids, it would be worth at least an estimated
>$20 trillion based on
> current market prices. "
Heh heh. And as soon as they park that fat boy near the earth for mining,
the price of metal plummets....
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