Xref: utzoo sci.astro:13730 sci.electronics:20847 sci.physics:20168 sci.research:1732 sci.aeronautics:2272 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!rice!uw-beaver!fluke!strong From: strong@tc.fluke.COM (Norm Strong) Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.electronics,sci.physics,sci.research,sci.aeronautics Subject: Re: Excavating (minig) gold in the space by NASA. Keywords: gold Message-ID: <1991Jun12.151136.24502@tc.fluke.COM> Date: 12 Jun 91 15:11:36 GMT References: <1991Jun11.202207.15680@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 34 In article <1991Jun11.202207.15680@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rb9a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Raul Baragiola) writes: }In article sehari@iastate.edu (Sehari Babak) writes: }>This article originally was posted in misc.invest. I thought it might be }>interesting for this news group too. }> }>In <1991Jun11.055227.2611@nas.nasa.gov> crayfe@nas.nasa.gov (Cray Hardware Support) writes: }> }>>I recently came across this article in sci.elctronics and thought it }>>might be of interest since the recent discussion of where the price }>>of gold might be going. Anybody care to comment? }> }>>In article <7Fs532w164w@spocom.guild.org> }>>luns@spocom.guild.org (Luns Tee) writes: }>>>> }> }>>>Today's Washington Post reports that an asteroid has been found orbiting the }>>>Sun at a distance of about 20 million miles from Earth (closest point). It }>>>apparently contains 10000 tons of gold and 100000 tons of platinum, as well }>>>as 10 billion tons of iron and 1 billion tons of nickel. Its estimated }>>>worth was put at around 1 trillion dollars. }> } }With all the discussion going on about NASA's budget, the timing of this }news (?) is too perfect. Now, how can they tell the asteroid contained }platinum and not lead, just to give an example? Someone's been to the movies. There was a movie called Outland a few years back. The plot revolved around a titanium mining operation on the Jovian moon of Io. -- Norm Strong (strong@tc.fluke.com) 2528 31st S. Seattle WA 98144 USA