Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station
by nradov on Sunday March 03, 2019 @08:05PM
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But without easy access to heavier minerals it would be essentially a dead end, useful as a research base but nothing more.
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Re:SpaceX Crew Dragon Docks with International Space Station
by stcredzero on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:27PM
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But without easy access to heavier minerals it would be essentially a dead end
People who have been thinking about this are way ahead of you. There are plenty of minerals on the surface. We should be able to build remotely piloted mining equipment using phase change materials (like water) to shed heat. To cool the equipment off, we just haul it back to the high altitude base before the phase change material tank runs dry.