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On 7/25/2016 at 10:56 AM, kartikg said:

Isn't asteroid belt filled with debris and difficult and dangerous?  Also earth is habitable, good for repairs and cheap fuel. 

If the mining scenario was plausible then, like kartikg points out, an asteroid field would be very dangerous to navigate.

Think about it, you would have to be able to time the power and speed of descent of a craft on an asteroid so it doesn't get smashed then you have to deal with debris that is traveling at high velocity because there is no friction to slow it down.

Then you need to get equipment to extract the needed minerals and metals then be able to lift off without being smashed into by other asteroids.

A planet is relatively safe, an atmosphere to disintegrate most debris, there is food and water and even places to hunker down in for the night if needed.

However our planet and solar system is not unique in any way, most asteroids do seem to contain the metals mentions PLUS even stuff we haven't discovered and identified yet.

There are just so many reason why an inter-stellar traveler would not bother mining our asteroid belt, unless they were in the area and it was a real serious emergency (just thinking other scenarios) that there is not enough time in the day to mention them all.

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8 hours ago, Ryu said:

If the mining scenario was plausible then, like kartikg points out, an asteroid field would be very dangerous to navigate.

Think about it, you would have to be able to time the power and speed of descent of a craft on an asteroid so it doesn't get smashed then you have to deal with debris that is traveling at high velocity because there is no friction to slow it down.

Then you need to get equipment to extract the needed minerals and metals then be able to lift off without being smashed into by other asteroids.

A planet is relatively safe, an atmosphere to disintegrate most debris, there is food and water and even places to hunker down in for the night if needed.

However our planet and solar system is not unique in any way, most asteroids do seem to contain the metals mentions PLUS even stuff we haven't discovered and identified yet.

There are just so many reason why an inter-stellar traveler would not bother mining our asteroid belt, unless they were in the area and it was a real serious emergency (just thinking other scenarios) that there is not enough time in the day to mention them all.

This just in...

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Osiris-Rex will then spend a year mapping the asteroid and then hover above its surface to pick up some rubble, before flying back to Earth.

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http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/space/nasa-plans-to-launch-study-of-asteroid-that-could-destroy-earth/news-story/cb8f49b07e2100200997e74922c2b60e

And here too...

 

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On ‎7‎/‎31‎/‎2016 at 1:01 PM, Ryu said:

If the mining scenario was plausible then, like kartikg points out, an asteroid field would be very dangerous to navigate.

Think about it, you would have to be able to time the power and speed of descent of a craft on an asteroid so it doesn't get smashed then you have to deal with debris that is traveling at high velocity because there is no friction to slow it down.

Then you need to get equipment to extract the needed minerals and metals then be able to lift off without being smashed into by other asteroids.

A planet is relatively safe, an atmosphere to disintegrate most debris, there is food and water and even places to hunker down in for the night if needed.

However our planet and solar system is not unique in any way, most asteroids do seem to contain the metals mentions PLUS even stuff we haven't discovered and identified yet.

There are just so many reason why an inter-stellar traveler would not bother mining our asteroid belt, unless they were in the area and it was a real serious emergency (just thinking other scenarios) that there is not enough time in the day to mention them all.

we have already had a probe go into orbit around two or three asteroids in the belt.

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On 7/25/2016 at 2:01 AM, danielost said:

if aliens came to earth to mine gold, why???  the asteroid belt has more gold and is easier to mine and you don't have to deal with unknown life forms.

Why even mine for it? Just hit the central banks..

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They wanna get my
They wanna get my
Gold on the ceiling
I ain't blind
Just a matter of time
Before you steal it
It's alright
Ain't no blood in my eye

 

 

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On ‎1‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 2:01 AM, Ryu said:

If the mining scenario was plausible then, like kartikg points out, an asteroid field would be very dangerous to navigate.

Think about it, you would have to be able to time the power and speed of descent of a craft on an asteroid so it doesn't get smashed then you have to deal with debris that is traveling at high velocity because there is no friction to slow it down.

Then you need to get equipment to extract the needed minerals and metals then be able to lift off without being smashed into by other asteroids.

A planet is relatively safe, an atmosphere to disintegrate most debris, there is food and water and even places to hunker down in for the night if needed.

However our planet and solar system is not unique in any way, most asteroids do seem to contain the metals mentions PLUS even stuff we haven't discovered and identified yet.

There are just so many reason why an inter-stellar traveler would not bother mining our asteroid belt, unless they were in the area and it was a real serious emergency (just thinking other scenarios) that there is not enough time in the day to mention them all.

well its actually not that dangerous (we can blame SCIFI movies for that one)

every probe we have sent out past mars has gone through the asteroid belt (region of space between mars and Jupiter) there has been.. around 60 or more (Waspie if your reading this please give us the number) and none of them have had a bit of a bingle with a asteroid.. then we have also landed probes on comets.. investigated asteroids etc..

 

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On 7/25/2016 at 7:42 AM, Lilly said:

IMO there's probably not a whole lot (minerally speaking) on Earth that isn't someplace else in the universe. The amount of energy and resources that it would take an ET race to travel vast distances makes the mining notion rather silly.

Gnomes and leprechaun are more likely suspects than aliens since they are earthlings. LOL

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I find it difficult to believe an alien race could master intergalactic travel without first having to master molecular reconstruction.  Having done that, what would be the point of mining specific resources, if you could mine practically anything and turn it into the element you need?

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On 7/31/2016 at 2:01 PM, Ryu said:

If the mining scenario was plausible then, like kartikg points out, an asteroid field would be very dangerous to navigate.

Think about it, you would have to be able to time the power and speed of descent of a craft on an asteroid so it doesn't get smashed then you have to deal with debris that is traveling at high velocity because there is no friction to slow it down.

Then you need to get equipment to extract the needed minerals and metals then be able to lift off without being smashed into by other asteroids.

A planet is relatively safe, an atmosphere to disintegrate most debris, there is food and water and even places to hunker down in for the night if needed.

However our planet and solar system is not unique in any way, most asteroids do seem to contain the metals mentions PLUS even stuff we haven't discovered and identified yet.

There are just so many reason why an inter-stellar traveler would not bother mining our asteroid belt, unless they were in the area and it was a real serious emergency (just thinking other scenarios) that there is not enough time in the day to mention them all.

You don;t have to actually land on it and mine In situ in the the middle of the belt, just clamp an engine on the back, steer it remotely off somewhere quiet like above the plane of the ecliptic or something and pick it apart at leisure. 

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