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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by cplusplusfellow on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:15PM (#32445527)
Say you find the asteroid on bottom of ocean. What sort of hoisting apparatus do you propose we use to bring it ashore?
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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by mecsred on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:31PM (#32445635)
Claw. Bucket. Reinforced net. Submersible ROV. Trained sea life. Anything that's not a magnet.
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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by giantg2 on Friday August 12, 2022 @09:45PM (#32446129)
Supposedly it's in pieces from the impact. Small samples would be fine to locate and collect via ROV with a metal detector on it to check below the silt.

If they want mass extraction after that, then potentially a form a dredging could be used (vacuum and filter could work to leave the sand and silt on the bottom).

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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by Flankk on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:47PM (#32445740)
Core sample via remote controlled submarine. Magnets sounds goofy. I suspect he knows something we don't.
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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by hhh on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:31PM (#32445639)
Arcade claw, with coin slot and all.
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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by adolph on Friday August 12, 2022 @08:40PM (#32445691)
Too bad they scrapped the submarine lifting grapple equipped Glomar Explorer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorer

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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by anigbrowl on Friday August 12, 2022 @09:48PM (#32446155)
Inflatable ballasts
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Re:A meteor or alien tech: Harvard professor plans UFO exped... by klyrs on Saturday August 13, 2022 @12:29PM (#32451370)
Tractor beam.
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