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The process or industry of obtaining inorganic resources from a location.
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Most efficient way to break up planets for material harvesting
Freeman Dyson (the man who conceptualized the Dyson Sphere) had thought about this, and created the Dyson Planetary Spin Motor to break planets apart (this has nothing to do with the other Dyson who m …
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How would iron smelting work in a planet with no oxygen?
While there would be specific methods used depending on the ore and nature of the environment, I'm going to assume there is a high tech society or entity actually doing the mining (a sort of space mining …
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Methods and Feasibility of Antimatter Mining?
One thing which other posters have not mentioned is the effects of the interplanetary medium on the asteroid and mining operation. …
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Strip Mining Deimos, is it worth it?
"Strip mining" an asteroid is a bit of a non starter, The limited gravity means everything will be thrown into space and you will be surrounded with a cloud of dust, gravel and rocks, all dire threats …
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How to ensure the safety of a surface base on Europa?
Many people talk about building the platform on legs or pylons to keep level on shifting ice and move if required, but the much larger danger for a surface platform on Europa is you are in the insanel …
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What is a hypothetical, profitable way that the core of earth could be mined?
To get at the core, you need to peel away the outer crust of the planet. The most feasible way using current knowledge is to create a "Dyson engine" to spin the planet apart.
Dyson planetary spin e …
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What happens to asteroids when heated into a plasma?
Using a laser may seem cool, but any mining company is going to look at cost effectiveness, and give your laser idea a pass. … If the company is simply interested in mining, the process ends there with purified materials being bundled together for shipping to industrial centres, otherwise the materials are used directly via 3D …
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Mining Suns For Terraforming?
The technology to take matter from a star is called Star Lifting, and it is a feat of mega engineering which allows the engineers to take plasma from a star and store it or move it for use elsewhere.
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What motivation would people have for mining planetary rings?
Mining the orbital rings of any planetary system (Saturn, Jupiter or Uranus all have known ring systems) is a relatively economical way to gather materials that you might need for living and operating … Finally, as noted, the rings are rather ephemeral, so you are not going to sustain a massive mining operation, much less a civilization, on just what can be mined from the rings. …
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