tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post6164850045529100731..comments2023-09-16T04:04:05.052-05:00Comments on Mad Engineering: Mining SpaceProfessor Preposteroushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-82678720774874803132010-10-20T11:19:46.317-05:002010-10-20T11:19:46.317-05:00I think that I would drop them into the ocean and ...I think that I would drop them into the ocean and recover them, so if the thrusters fail, all that happens is a slightly bigger splash.<br />Nuclear transmutation is technically possible, but economically not worth it. To transmutate $1,000 worth of gold (out of something cheap, like lead), you'd need to spend $1,000,000 on energy costs, and another $1,000,000 on nuclear engineer's salaries.Professor Preposteroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07833576109973350556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315579333067639553.post-1152205480928861682010-10-19T12:43:54.634-05:002010-10-19T12:43:54.634-05:00Space mining is you know kind of dangerous.... not...Space mining is you know kind of dangerous.... not to the miners but the population at large. We have mining accidents all the time like in China Chilie all over. So why would we not have accidents in space? I don't mean miners dying I mean things like cargo pods whereby deceleration thrusters on them fail. And then the cargo container turns into a kinetic nuclear bomb.<br /><br />Still with the costs it's probably to synthesise stuff on earth. Ages ago a Russian reactor for something produced gold dust. Same with diamonds which can be made from cremated humans.The Chinese guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02042709338416365751noreply@blogger.com