Just for the sake of argument: Say they go to an asteroid and mine some ore, say several tons.
How do you get back on earth without it crashing like an asteroid? Do we make orbiting smelters? details....... details Asteroid Mining Operation?
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27776/
patrick
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