Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
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#LAtimes 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 "Two #asteroids in the belt between #Mars and #Jupiter 🪐 have more #iron, #nickel and #cobalt than exists on #Earth. Ultimately these products could be not only #mined ⛏️ but also #processed in #space, reducing #pollution of both the #air and #water on #Earth" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth
"Both #NEAs have surfaces with 85% #metal such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically #rock" https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids
Picture: #RASSOR on #Ceres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg
#latimes #asteroids #Mars #jupiter #iron #nickel #cobalt #earth #mined #processed #space #pollution #air #water #neas #metal #rock #rassor #ceres #asteroidMining #spacemining #spacerobot
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
429 followers · 147 posts · Server techhub.social
#LAtimes 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 "Two #asteroids in the belt between #Mars and #Jupiter have more #iron, #nickel and #cobalt than exists on #Earth. Ultimately these products could be not only #mined but also #processed in #space, reducing #pollution of both the #air and #water on #Earth" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth
"Both #NEAs have surfaces with 85% #metal such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically #rock" https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids
Picture: #RASSOR on #Ceres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg
#latimes #asteroids #Mars #jupiter #iron #nickel #cobalt #earth #mined #processed #space #pollution #air #water #neas #metal #rock #rassor #ceres
Spaceflight 🚀 · @spaceflight
297 followers · 120 posts · Server techhub.social#LAtimes 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 "Two #asteroids in the belt between #Mars and #Jupiter have more #iron, #nickel and #cobalt than exists on #Earth. Ultimately these products could be not only #mined but also #processed in #space, reducing #pollution of both the #air and #water on #Earth" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth
"Both #NEAs have surfaces with 85% #metal such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically #rock" https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids
Picture: #RASSOR on #Ceres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg
#latimes #asteroids #Mars #jupiter #iron #nickel #cobalt #earth #mined #processed #space #pollution #air #water #neas #metal #rock #rassor #ceres