Thursday, February 6, 2014

Home again, home again 2/6/14

jiggedy jig.

Wasn't really a busy day, but here I am and it's almost 7 pm.  Glad to be home anyway.  A long day and it isn't even Friday yet.

Well, to get on with it, I wanted to post something about the colonization of Ceres.  Two things, actually.  Number one: there may be worthwhile metal asteroids in the region that would make mining profitable.  If Planetary Resources wants to mine asteroids near Earth, then they may well be a bunch of them close to Ceres.  Number two:  in order to cut down on the massive delta v necessary, we can go by way of Mars and a refueling station there.  It really doesn't make sense not to have refueling stations.  The only way anything will get done in space is through refueling stations.

Update:

There doesn't seem to be much information on type M asteroids.  The big one is 16 Psyche.  It probably wouldn't be much harder to get to than Ceres itself.  You could wait every 20 years or so for a launch window, or approach it from Mars or Earth.  It may require more than one launch from Mars in order to mine it.  Perhaps several.

Update:

Found something on 16 Psyche on pdf  ( page 28 ) via google search and a reddit page.

Update:

What the heck is Kerbal Space Program?


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