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Cailais
Rekall Incorporated
Sinewave Alliance
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:00:00 -
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17827347
A slew of questions come to mind: Is Chribba involved? Will James Cameron get podded in a future 'hulkageddon'? Why does the article talk about this 'gold' stuff? Haven't they heard of Tritanium?
Personally I'm going to invest now.
C.
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J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
323
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:01:00 -
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Ye gold and platinum .. so .. antiquated. Megacyte and zydrine is where the money's at.
To the whiners :-áCCP Soundwave "Incursions are not a big issue in terms of isk globally"
CCP Recurve "However, Incursions are not the biggest ISK faucet, bounties are"
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Angel Vrae
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:03:00 -
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Saw a similar story on another site, if they are serious about it then it will be good. Though I think we should all get a petition going for them to name the company O.R.E :p |
Misanth
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
562
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:06:00 -
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J3ssica Alba wrote:Ye gold and platinum .. so .. antiquated. Megacyte and zydrine is where the money's at.
Wait until I fire gold ammo into your weakspots.
shiptoastin' liek a baws |
J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
323
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:06:00 -
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In a massive coincidence the new Eve login screen has an earth like planet with .. asteroids in orbit .. same day as this announcement is happening :D
To the whiners :-áCCP Soundwave "Incursions are not a big issue in terms of isk globally"
CCP Recurve "However, Incursions are not the biggest ISK faucet, bounties are"
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Whitehound
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:12:00 -
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Sure, once you know where there is a chunk of gold in space can you haul it home, but how do you find it?
Finding gold in a river is easy, because a river has to ability to wash it out of rocks and to create deposits, which with good experience and technique can be found. No idea how geologists find gold veins these days, but I assume they will have some indicator minerals to give them an increased chance of finding one, and it still is not giving them a guarantee... Finding gold in space, while we are still trying hard to find water, sounds very optimistic.
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J3ssica Alba
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
323
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:17:00 -
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Whitehound wrote:Sure, once you know where there is a chunk of gold in space can you haul it home, but how do you find it?
Finding gold in a river is easy, because a river has to ability to wash it out of rocks and to create deposits, which with good experience and technique can be found. No idea how geologists find gold veins these days, but I assume they will have some indicator minerals to give them an increased chance of finding one, and it still is not giving them a guarantee... Finding gold in space, while we are still trying hard to find water, sounds very optimistic.
http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/394-The-Infrared-Spectrograph-IRS-
They can tell what minerals are in a sun / planet several billion light years away, I'm pretty sure they can get a rough idea what a roid a couple of AU away has in it =)
To the whiners :-áCCP Soundwave "Incursions are not a big issue in terms of isk globally"
CCP Recurve "However, Incursions are not the biggest ISK faucet, bounties are"
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Whitehound
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:37:00 -
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J3ssica Alba wrote:They can tell what minerals are in a sun / planet several billion light years away, I'm pretty sure they can get a rough idea what a roid a couple of AU away has in it =)
This is because a sun is very keen on telling you what it is made of. It radiates its composition.
So far did we fly a probe into the trail of a comet and crash an object into an asteroid to find out what they are made of. These missions took years to get to the data. Do you want to do this for every rock in space and for the chance of finding a bucket full of gold nuggets? You will literally need to look for a shiny gold nugget the size of a house before you can think of getting it home. Such a huge nugget does make the effort worth it if you can find one.
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seany1212
eXceed Inc.
No Holes Barred
144
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:45:00 -
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J3ssica Alba wrote:If this sparks another space race but between competing companies instead of countries, humanity will finally climb out of this gravity well : something that should have happened years ago.
This, countries held the monopoly on it for too long, companies far richer are willing to invest far more than what individual countries outlined for a space budget and this is where I feel the space race will truly take off, see you all in space  |
Benilopax
The Ashen Lion Syndicate
The Ashen Syndicate
264
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:48:00 -
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http://www.spacevidcast.com/live/
4 hours 41 minutes to go.... |
Kazellis
Evolution
IT Alliance
0
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:14:00 -
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J3ssica Alba wrote:Ye gold and platinum .. so .. antiquated. Megacyte and zydrine is where the money's at.
"They struggle to see how it could be cost-effective, even with platinum and gold worth nearly -ú35 per gram ($1,600 an ounce). An upcoming Nasa mission to return just 60g (two ounces) of material from an asteroid to Earth will cost about $1bn."
If people are sceptic because of that, just remember NASA is a government agency and one that is now bloated beyond hope from the time when it was actually doing anything useful (moon missions in the 60s). A private enterprise if properly funded and without any governmental interference would be way more efficient and therefore cheaper. If this sparks another space race but between competing companies instead of countries, humanity will finally climb out of this gravity well : something that should have happened years ago.
On a serious note.
I think you failed to see the big picture of why NASA existed and what effect it has had on the world. No one has explained it better than Neil deGrasse Tyson so I'll let him tell you. |
Lifelongnoob
The Motley Crew Reborn
Tribal Dragons
8
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:22:00 -
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J3ssica Alba wrote:Ye gold and platinum .. so .. antiquated. Megacyte and zydrine is where the money's at.
nah they need to find a tech moon for real profits |
Ciar Meara
Virtus Vindice
632
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:24:00 -
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This is going to be freaking awesome.
About time they did this, if you consider the 35 grams a valid statement just remember how huge these asteroids are and just how much ore you can get out of them with the right methods.
Thinking small never got anyone on the moon or the other side of the world or rich.
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Micheal Dietrich
Standards and Practices
326
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:33:00 -
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Hi there and welcome to the asteroid club. I am your director for the day and I will add your thread to the queue of asteroid related topics found in the link below
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=100114&find=unread |
Cailais
Rekall Incorporated
Sinewave Alliance
258
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:40:00 -
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You Sir are providing a "useful and valuable service". I salute you 07. 
C.
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Mara Rinn
Cosmic Industrial Complex
Cosmic Consortium
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:49:00 -
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Wow! Don't these guys know anything? If you bring back enough gold to pay off your mission, you will devalue gold worldwide.
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Trading Unknown
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
12
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:52:00 -
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Benilopax wrote:http://www.spacevidcast.com/live/
4 hours 41 minutes to go....
Good god who picked this music?
Is this what they're going to punish dissident asteroid miners with? |
Forluhn
Enlightened Industries
Test Alliance Please Ignore
2
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Posted - 2012.04.24 13:52:00 -
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Cailais wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17827347A slew of questions come to mind: Is Chribba involved? Will James Cameron get podded in a future 'hulkageddon'? Why does the article talk about this 'gold' stuff? Haven't they heard of Tritanium? Personally I'm going to invest now. C.
You beat me to it! |
Roime
Shiva Furnace
562
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:02:00 -
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The gold and platinum they mine are free, so what could possibly go wrong with this
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Arkturus McFadden
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:03:00 -
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They better mine veldspar |
Micheal Dietrich
Standards and Practices
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:10:00 -
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Personally the more I learn about James Cameron, the more I admire him. When he sets a goal nothing stops him. He's also been in a project to re-engineer the age old deep sea submersible which is supposed to be 17% stronger, have 5% more room for the passengers, and last 11 hours longer than the current model. It appears that nothing is out of his reach. |
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
3250
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:14:00 -
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Ever since this got leaked it's been all over the news, I promise you this was not supposed to be known just yet! Oh wai.... nothing to see here, move along *smirk*
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Anslo
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:20:00 -
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Chribba wrote:Ever since this got leaked it's been all over the news, I promise you this was not supposed to be known just yet! Oh wai.... nothing to see here, move along *smirk*
Hire me for RL Mining! I has a resume ready DDDD: |
Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
3817
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:41:00 -
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First point I like to make is that government agiencies are not allowed to make money.
Two nasa isnt bloated they're almost a skeleton crew now a days.
Also more interesting in the Moon mining H3 project.
Finally did you know most of the gold we use today isnt natural to earth? Earth's own gold reserves are mostly radioactive and unusuable in its current state most of the gold we use today came form asteriods from post formation.
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Micheal Dietrich
Standards and Practices
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Posted - 2012.04.24 14:59:00 -
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Nova Fox wrote:First point I like to make is that government agiencies are not allowed to make money.
Ow, coffee in the nose... |
Francisco Bizzaro
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:05:00 -
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Nova Fox wrote:First point I like to make is that government agiencies are not allowed to make money.
If they're planning to get into the asteroid mining business, NASA should be safe from profits for many many years.
Quote:Two nasa isnt bloated they're almost a skeleton crew now a days.
It is neither ... and it is both. |
Angry Onions
League of Angered Gentlemen
Cobalt Holdings Coalition
206
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:06:00 -
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What are gonna do when our first mining ships get ganked? O_o
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Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
646
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:20:00 -
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Imagine spending 1Bn to start a RL space mining op, then a 2 weeks old noob comes and ganks the ship with a catalyst and smacks in local...
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Angry Onions
League of Angered Gentlemen
Cobalt Holdings Coalition
207
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:22:00 -
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I suggest we first rifter swarm, then we mine.
E .-+ ` ' / -+. F
Your Carebear tears fuel us
Heil Hizzle Mein Nizzles. |
Saint Lazarus
Pwn 'N Play
Nulli Secunda
222
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Posted - 2012.04.24 15:30:00 -
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Roime wrote:The gold and platinum they mine are free, so what could possibly go wrong with this
My fav response so far!
This is cool, but they still havnt perfected commercial flights into space so I dont hold much faith in this being profitable in my lifetime tbfh. |
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