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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gaius on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:53PM (#429767)
Powered re-entries to Earth are not feasible and not desirable

If you've just mined a million tons of iron from an asteroid, I think you would want to bring it back in a controlled fashion!

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Re:Why I thought we'd all be living in space by now by gravitycop on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:58PM (#429776)
Do you consider the Apollo or Soyuz re-entries to be too uncontrolled?
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