In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:19:49 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I also have serious reservations about mining the asteroids out in the >asteroid belt, for similar reasons: Surface mining operations would kick of >considerable grit. Expelled grit would fly out into space. Again, this might >make space travel hazardous, particularly for space freighters trying to >negotiate their way through the belt. > I doubt that would make much difference. There is already a huge amount of crap in the belt anyway.
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