On Mar 31, 5:07 pm, dlzc <dl...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Mar 31, 5:14 pm, Sam Minewire <ingest_p...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I wonder if there are asteroids with Gold, Silver or
> > Platinum in our solar system.
>
> > Which asteroids would you use for mining???
>
> If it had to be an asteroid, I'd look to Gaspra, Pallas, or Toutatis
> based roughly on density.  Take out plenty of insurance for the Earth
> impactors you'd be charged with causing (whether you did or not).
>
> David A. Smith

Our Selene/moon has valuable minerals and elements, including He3
that'll soon enough become worth $10B/tonne as our terrestrial fossil
fuel options dry up and/or become too bloody spendy.

Remember that Earth has been losing mass and its geomagnetic force at
the same time, so you can also worry about those if you like.

 ~ BG