How Mining On Mars Could Save The Earth

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

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[@MichalCanecky]

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[@Metal0sopher]

Space mining will never happen. Even on the Moon. Too many variables to have people in space suits and drilling rigs in the vacuum of space. It's going to be a lot easier to attach some engines to a 100 or 200m M-asteroid, or capture it in a giant net, and "navigate it" to earth orbit and control-crash it in Nevada, or the Sahara desert, and then comfortably strip it here on earth.

[@ebonaparte3853]

Can you make a video about space junk solutions?

[@guerradan1958]

This concept reminds me of the series The Expanse. Where Mars is colonized and the belt becomes a colony called the Belters and how this idea becomes a reality and how they interplay together. lol

[@meoff7602]

Yeah, especially the bit about how the workers are treated. Let's just say you don't want to pioneer that frontier.

[@leonwilliams9589]

Yeah…I’ve seen The Expanse and I’ve played Red Faction. There is no way Mars becomes Earth’s vassal. This is why I’m 100% behind Elon and SpaceX and the dream of settling Mars with humans. It gives an opportunity for culture and civilization untethered to the legacy issues of Earth and its mess of nations and constituencies. It provides and advantage of access to the Belt & the outer solar system…and ultimately, puts Earth on notice before it’s bullshit and greed spreads into the rest of the system.

[@shte34567]

Its one of the best tv series out there! Very much recommended for any sci-fi enthusiast.

[@reddragon771]

The expanse is without doubt the most underrated and underappreciated series in the history of science fiction.Its a fuckin masterpiece that sets your curiosity and imagination on fire..

[@praveenveeranki578]

Ya

[@ernstborse1278]

Bedankt. Thank you for the interesting episodes. I signed up as Volunteer for the Mars One program, and still willing to go.

[@michaelevans1578]

Heavy Metals. Judas Priest, Dio, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, and Metallica. These metals are all inherently valuable and will be mined for rock forever.

[@2150dalek]

Metal Health.💪

[@ericblanchard5873]

I hope I get to see personal spacecrafts in my lifetime, as if anyone can just take off from earth and head out into the stars whenever they want. Like Star Wars or Star Trek. Thanks for the video. It gets my mind moving again.

[@donotcomply1628]

How old are you?

[@alaunaenpunto3690]

Your grandchildren won't get to see that.

[@Dirtnap_McDinglestuffer]

currently there are three ways to do that now! no man's sky, kerbal space program and elite dangerous 😎🎮🚀

[@ericblanchard5873]

@@alaunaenpunto3690 I can still dream

[@ericblanchard5873]

@@donotcomply1628 nunyah

[@JetFire9]

All silliness. We love the silliness.

[@RV4aviator]

Great content, well produced, and narrated . I really want all this to come about in my lifetime...Cheers and thank you.

[@williamburroughs9686]

You could just net an asteroid. So you launch a space-mining rig to mine asteroids. It used a booster to get going. Then when it approaches the asteroid, it deploys a net. This net can be deployed off center of the craft thanks to it operating in zero-G and airless environment. the rig passed or overshoots it's target but it is caught in the net. The net is attached to the space-mining rig by cables that can work as shock absorbers. Also each cable is hooked up to pully system which can adjust cable tension on the lines as needed. The pully system can then pull the space-mining rig onto the asteroid in which it will start setting up for mining. Also, the net can be used to minimize the loss of material of through landing/launching resource pods and the mining operation itself.

[@CaptainManic2010]

I never even thought that Lunar Regulith would actually float if disturbed enough in low gravity. That would be a static sand storm you couldn't escape, and wouldn't go away easily.

[@jantjarks7946]

The very reason why space stations will be far more important than anyone can imagine. Simply because we can control the conditions there and make them to our liking. 😉

[@DavidOlver]

the ship you showed at 3 15 is a good start give it a turbo ion drive with throttle control, thrusters all over it,a giant vacuum at the front of it with a dust/waste extractor

[@billblack3093]

Brings to mind the question- how would a vacuum cleaner work in the nearly perfect vacuum of space?

[@bmiller949]

I am really interested in how the lunar dust will be managed. I guess each astronaut would carry a Dustbuster on their belt and it would look like a Star Trek TNG phaser. 🤣

[@ebonaparte3853]

There is research being done on an electromagnetic dust shield, since the dust is electrostatically charged

[@Charison22]

@@ebonaparte3853 Imagine we get personal "shields" this century. One step closer to finding out what Sci-Fi timeline we are one. Im hoping we are either on the Mass Effect timeline, or Halo. Im cool with both.

[@fifthward1983]

i heard in some areas the dust is a few feet thick, not granular dust but as fine as powder.

[@markdefelice3700]

I Think we should cover the area's we are moving around with an adhesive material like cement !

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@markdefelice3700 Or look into that shield.

[@kevinsamphere7874]

SPACE has a unlimited supply of minerals and we will be mining them in the future.

[@LovemyDrones]

Makes me think of the series "The Expanse"

[@vincenthickey8622]

The dust problem only solution is a procedure concealment barrier. Suite, tools and equipment must remain outside the living and work space. Electrostatic curtains wall for every passing outside to inside. Space suits must be designed for all users to enter them from the backside. Be sealed and then released clamps be freed from the colony base outside walls. Reverse procedure is the suited back walks into the colony base wall. So the worker never tracks dust inside. The dust remains outside. Because the suites remain outdoors.

[@wxb200]

Dude. I absolutely love this Channel. It's right up there with Matt Lowne, Scott Manley, Marcus House, and "What About It?" Keep up the good work, my dude. I'm not British, but. Cheers!

[@doobiedoo5450]

Fun video. Really enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@dorsk84]

Would capture and transfer to LEO or, to Lunar orbit/intentionally impact on the back side of the moon make it easier for mining?

[@letsgetoutsidenow]

While there are some interesting advantages to making a earth or lunar orbital in space manufacturing and refining base the issue of supplying it with asteroids is considerable. One might be able to work the numbers and theory to "bag" a small asteroid and bring it home, unless your spacecraft can refuel itself with whatever is refined the costs will exceed any potential revenue. Note, this is the issue for all the options, moon, mars or otherwise, just varying levels of complexity, capital, operating costs, and alternative potential revenue options, what will happen remains to be seen.

[@stardolphin2]

There's no way to make a sufficently 'gentle' impact on the Moon. The results, given lack of atmosphere, would literally put serious amounts of high-speed ejecta (we already worry about what rocket exhaust would do) all over the Moon and any human facilities there, as well in orbit (threatening satellites and stations) and cluttering near-Lunar space (L1 and L2 at risk?). And the inevitable public relations nightmare around putting it in LEO would just not be worth it. It's why we once considered returning a small asteroid to *Lunar* orbit for human visitation, instead.

[@augustday9483]

Capturing an asteroid around the moon or Earth for mining could be useful, as the non-valuable stuff could be used simply for shielding a large next gen space station. Maybe you could put a whole steel factory up there and make plating from the abundant iron. Obviously you'd need to take a lot of care that your maneuver doesn't put the asteroid on a collision course with Earth, and that the mining process doesn't create junk that contributes to Kessler scenarios.

[@Carl-mw3ft]

This is actually hillarious!

[@javiermoretti1825]

Why? You've never had a science class?

[@Carl-mw3ft]

@@javiermoretti1825 I have a post graduate degree in applied science, mathematics, and engineering, which you obviously dont have.

[@javiermoretti1825]

@@Carl-mw3ft Nah, just a Ph.D. and two master's degrees.

[@PeterHendricks59]

@TheSpaceRaceYT What makes you think that on the moon dust stays up suspended above the surface? Here on earth it's the air molecules keeping dust in the air. In a vacuum the dust will fall back to the surface at the same speed as a rock, or anything else. Look at footage of the moon rovers driving at speed and you can see it clearly.

[@benwest9004]

So, if you could use magnetic force to separate the iron from other elements in the asteroids. Then use some of the iron to build a cargo container (in space) to transport the other metals back to Earth in the container. Then you only need to send the forward section and maybe some heat shields back into space. This would greatly reduce payload weight and therefor fuel costs

[@tobyihli9470]

Good thinking! Just maybe not iron. Some other material, though. I doubt that they would make shipping containers out of iron, Much too heavy, brittle, and would take enormous amounts of electricity to inductively smelt the iron.

[@benwest9004]

@@tobyihli9470 I personally don't think metals are great building material for vehicles or structures given their malleable nature and temperature weaknesses. But the large quantities present were just something to consider.

[@goukux5908]

Separate from content good job on narration. I was listening to a different channel and it was just unpleasant and it made me realize there is a skill to doing narration that is nice to listen to, it’s going to be a big asset for your channel, not everyone can do it.

[@nicholashylton6857]

A little over twenty years ago, NASA landed the Near-Earth-Asteroid-Rrendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker Mission probe onto the surface of asteroid 433 Eros. It's a pity more people don't remember that accomplishment. The orbiter had completed studying the asteroid and NASA decided to land it on the surface - just to see if they could do it.

[@zombiebullshark3834]

We are always saying "final Fronter." There's always something more. Who knows after space maybe the next Fronter is another universe or a higher demention

[@man_at_the_end_of_time]

May I propose not mining Mars as it is a gravity well but rather nudging smaller asteroids into its orbit and using the gravity well to dispose of the left overs from the operations. Or in other words, "Look out, below." So Mars orbit would be the goal as would the asteroid belt and then the products like iridium, platinum series metals, special isotopes could go to Earth and more basic stuff could stay "semi-local" for orbiting habitat construction.

[@travism.3594]

My idea is that I think we should just mine the shit out of our Moon. How many craters are on the moon and we know exactly where they are. Plus it's close to Earth

[@replica1052]

to collect asteroids before they vanish into the sun is a mission (send solar sails to alter the asteroids orbits little by little for a bigger and bigger mars moon for stronger and stronger tidal forces )

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@travism.3594At first. Then we should mine other bodies. The Moon has a lot, but it doesn’t have everything.

[@garyking6262]

Or nudge ice filled asteroids into Mars to enhance/increase water content.

[@replica1052]

@@garyking6262 do both - every mars garage will have orbital rockets (melt large amomts of ice with reflectors, water absorbs dust and radiation as heat, boiloff be greenhouse insulation and atmospheric pressure - once it rains fish can survive mars nature )

[@julianrubbo1832]

Your videos are fantastic, please keep them coming!

[@benclarke5914]

Whoever nails doing asteroid mining will be unbelievably rich i imagine

[@floydbertagnolli944]

Super educational. Thank you.

[@thewb8329]

Unfortunately space is really hard to do and we can barely do it. Best case scenario is a world similar to the show “The Expanse” in 200-500 years minus the proto molecule.

[@ebonaparte3853]

We can hardly do it NOW. Technology is progressing fast though.

[@csap3280]

If I get resources, here is what I'll do : 1. Find out the smallest asteroid which has minerals 2. Build a spacecraft that has a net to catch that asteroid (like a fish) 3. Bring that asteroid to Earth - basically on the ocean surface like floating .. then mine it My plan is more cost-effective, safe, and feasible.

[@peterclarke3020]

I think it will be very interesting and instructive to see just how the ‘technology tree’ develops on Mars..

[@Dmitrikrotchlikmyov]

That was an amazingly smooth transition into a sponsor

[@petertuckergoettler5720]

"Good Stuff," merci.

[@aurawolf2221]

While I doubt we'll see full trade between Earth & Mars in my lifetime... I'll ensure my kids & grandkids understand the importance of space & the mysteries beyond!

[@rapidthrash1964]

I was wondering about a year ago about the accumulation of metals during the formation of Venus and thought that maybe Venus would have more heavy metals than the Earth or Mars.(it’s really complicated to explain why). Yes Venus now is Satan’s version of the Caribbean but if a special machine, like the Alvin or Trieste, could be built, then mining on the surface of Venus would be possible

[@persoonmars1828]

Venus no doubt has a higher yield of heavy metals and precious minerals, but the thickness of its atmosphere and the intensity of its gravitational pull makes landing on venus and leaving with resources to go back to earth completely out of question, unless you could manufacture a completely new spacecraft once you get there and fill it up entirely with fuel. To escape earths gravity you need ungodly amounts of fuel, but escaping the gravity of planets like mars and moons like ours is easy because of how they are much smaller and therefore have less gravity, plus they essentially lack an atmosphere in our standards. Venus is the size of earth however so if it was already hard enough to get to mars and back with low gravity and basically a vacuum for an atmosphere, Venus is out of question, with its size massive and it’s atmosphere with the consistency of water. So you are right in theory, but I don’t see anyone landing there any time in the future.

[@recycledwaste8737]

​@@persoonmars1828By the time we are capable of doing anything meaningful with Venus, we surely would've figured out nuclear fission or perhaps another technology that could provide enough energy for very powerful rockets without needing large fuel tanks.

[@persoonmars1828]

@@recycledwaste8737 true

[@JonnoPlays]

If you mine the moon wouldn't that change its mass and therefore change its orbit? 🤔 🌎 💫 🌕

[@willhoffman4540]

I think ur underestimating how massive even the moon is. No human activity could possibly change its mass enough to make a noticeable difference. Plus tiny fluctuations in mass happen all the time anyway when it gets hit by comets.

[@billkaroly]

How much gravity do we humans need to survive in space? Can we survive on Mars or the moon based on the gravity alone?

[@Riteaidbob]

No

[@happycamper7440]

Has any one thought of using a space craft like the shuttle ?? Has a large bay to transfer equipment to the site and could be left behind for bringing back the mined mineral ???

[@robertheinrich2994]

sidenote: many metals love being disolved in molten iron. that's the term siderophil. especially platinum group elements love being dissolved in iron.

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

10:08, fusion, "if we can" we just did. as for the space dust and mining on the moon, move underground. and build a space elevator to the station the U.S. is planning. with the low gravity it would be easy.

[@TheInsaneupsdriver]

I am 45, i see this happening in my lifetime.

[@soundcoremusicmix]

Jeff Bezos & Elon Musk should cooperate with NASA for higher probability of success rate on colonizing Mars, establishing permanent livable habitats in Mars is more challenging than making ISS... 😅

[@francescoscarinci7109]

Ottima e realistica esposizione di come stanno realmente le cose là fuori. Quando lo capiranno tutti, forse smetteranno di farsi la guerra e di rovinare per capriccio questo meraviglioso pianeta. Se hanno voglia di combattere, c'è tutto l'universo da conquistare, e non sarà facile! Hurry up!

[@stanj7223]

LOL!! In the absence of any atmosphere _whatsoever_ , the dust on the Moon will fall back to the surface as fast as a 10kg rock will. The Moon's atmosphere is something like 3 to the minus 15 bar pressure. There won't be any long term dust hazard from working the Moon. Also, NASA and others have done some good research on electrostatic dust repulsion, so it should be a bit less of a problem going forward.

[@deanticocombar7529]

Keep it up 👍 .Great content

[@clydecox2108]

NASA has pretty much got the lunar dust thing under control. If I remember correctly by ionizing the area near and inside the entry point of a ship or structure the dust falls away. Weird how physics works.

[@williamburroughs9686]

Dust issues can be solved though understanding electrostatic energy. Just create a conductive mesh and power it up to repel it.

[@luckehandyman]

I love your intros now

[@MARS4-me]

Great video that really highlights the potential of Mars as a resource hub. It's a theme we're also exploring in our game, where players can virtually mine and utilize Mars' resources.

[@StoicBerserker]

Mars had very robust plate techtonics, just before the advent of Tharsis-whatever caused that.. then you're right, Olympus mons began forming over a long period of time. It'd also be much harder to find the good stuff there versus other older (techtonic related features) that are on the surface

[@linuxgeex]

@The Space Race: It's Hydrogen-3 aka Tritium that's an important fuel for Fusion. Helium-3 is important for dilution refrigeration capable of millikelvin cooling for quantum computers!

[@jeffpalser4928]

Wonderful TY

[@ryanlong2317]

Maybe the best way to capture astroid rubble may be to spray water or water to ice particles around it and then melt the ice into a surrounding form to capture the whole asteroid. The ice would be melted with lasers. At 32 degrees the ice could possibly be turned into a clay using astroid materials and the water and flown back to earths orbit. At 32 degrees we could create tempered highly reflective ice mirrors to use solar energy to melt the outside of the astroid into a solid surface to be moved.

[@VAMobMember]

First pass at survey would be radar mapping as the more metal the greater the return signal.

[@LewWis1]

Asteroid mining would be sick but mars mining nah thats a whole diffrent thing

[@wdd3141]

I seldom see mention of lava tubes on the Moon and on Mars. These could provide valuable shelter wherever they're found. Silly thought: a cheap and easy way to make sandpaper on the Moon would be to stick flypaper on the lunar soil.

[@mrchapin94]

I have a suggestion to do with us bring the resources to Earth easier we use the moon as a depot then raw material down-to-earth using a starship

[@johnstewart579]

Fascinating

[@jeancorleone1869]

I love it I definitely see the payback in investing into space especially with precious metals or diamonds

[@Riteaidbob]

There are already enough diamonds on THIS planet. And your "precious" metals won't be precious if your deliver tons and tons of it from space.

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

The answer to mining in outer space : The Moon & Mars , We need to examine How we mine here on earth Underground . Using such technology as " Tunnel Boring machines " and Coal mining shuttles ... Yes...they'd need to be adapted for Space but they Work...

[@EdmondSiso]

So much distance between us...Omarion

[@stevenhe198911]

For the journey of miners, radiation in space maybe can alter DNA permanently,which in turn can cause issues for human(include for the purpose of reproduction), and without stable population, economy will has difficult to develop between earth and other planets.Hence , radiation issues maybe are not simple as to put on shield, certain medicine will needed also.

[@rgaleny]

blankets and the use of electrostatic forces may be a small answer. freezing or melting or plastic cementing may be another answer to dust.

[@SnowTiger45]

Actually there is a limit to the number of types of materials and resources in space because many asteroids, moons and planets have not contained Water and have not experienced Plate Tectonics, two things that are necessary for many minerals to be formed and materials to be what they are.

[@nicholascypert4286]

That was a smooth segway into the plug. 😂

[@jacoblong756]

There is no plausible path to profitably mining mars in the near or medium term. Earth masses as much as the rest of the inner solar system combined and most of the minerals are here. The idea that we are running out of metals is absurd. It is more difficult to access most of our minerals, but ocean floor mining and even penetrating the crust to reach the mantle would be cheaper than mining mars and shipping it back to earth. There might be a niche industry for extremely precious materials, but we will never see bulk minerals mined and sent back to earth.

[@ADobbin1]

First stuff to send to mars in research and prospecting gear and food. Second trip, mining gear and refining plants and food . Third trip is machine tools and moulds and food. You could have a partially self sustaining site on mars with a small population inside of 10 years since there is a 2.5 year round trip. Of course if someone build a giant ship in orbit and uses that as a freighter back and forth instead of 50k large rockets from earth it could be done faster. Just have to drop giant containers from orbit of mars to the surface to be recovered by the ground crew and then the ship travels back for more. The dropped containers could be used for early hab modules or later on recycled for other stuff that is needed.

[@TheWadetube]

Dust on the moon does not "Linger " above the surface as there is no air to keep it aloft, it falls at the same speed as sand and gravel. It may be possible to repell it with static charges or simple electron beam emitters.

[@JakXLT]

The surface is already statically charged because of an interaction with sunlight. So yes, it does linger.

[@Coyote27981]

Industry is inevitably necessary, otherwise you cant finance the cost. Specially considering earth's gravity.

[@Jam-In-With-Ben]

Hi

[@alvinstighall8274]

Very nice animations🎉🎉

[@javiermoretti1825]

One correction: Our sun will not "explode." It will become a red giant, but it's not big enough to become a supernova.

[@scottwolf8633]

The Asteroids contain Metals in the almost refined state and no gravity well to lift out of. A ship that must undergo the stresses of multiple landings and lift offs is far more difficult to design, fabricate, and operate than a ship designed and built for operation in a microgravity environment.

[@terrylane1492]

Speaking as a chemist, I get really tired of all the people claiming we will have to transport water. We will be generating vast amounts of oxygen through metal refining processes. Hydrogen is the most abundant element anywhere, and will easily react with oxygen to make water. Creating water will not be a problem even on an asteroid colony.

[@connorbrown7455]

If an asteroid was dense enough in metals, I wonder if it would be viable to anchor a mining vessel to it using strong electromagnets.

[@user-ThomReec8587]

I always believed the Asteroid Belt was a planet that got destroyed millions of years ago. But then what do I know and I won't get to see any of this happen (I'm 70), been waiting for the return to the Moon for 50 years

[@ebonaparte3853]

We made a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion a few months back. Startups are making even more breakthroughs. Fusion is no longer a scientific problem, but an engineering problem. And we can probably solve that.

[@nicholashylton6857]

We made a significant yet still _teeny tiny_ breakthrough - both literally and figuratively. We're still a long, long, ways away from a "Mr. Fusion" in the basement of every home.

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@nicholashylton6857 We proved that we can make a fusion reaction that produces more energy than what was put into it. We have solved the scientific problem. Now we need to solve the engineering problem.

[@nicholashylton6857]

@@ebonaparte3853 The breakthrough was that the fusion event exceeded the amount of laser energy directed at the capsule. The rub is that it did not exceed the amount of energy required to power the lasers themselves. That's the next big hurdle for the National Ignition Facility.

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@nicholashylton6857 One step at a time. And it won’t be in the basement of every home. Fusion infrastructure will probably be like the power infrastructure today: power plants and transmission lines.

[@joegonzalez6241]

how long does it take for the inner belt to orbit the sun. we can make fuel stations

[@Astroponicist]

In terms of import & export there should be a net balance in favor of export of mass from Earth.

[@everettwalker9141]

All science fiction , we cant even get a grain elevator in to space and back in one piece

[@HaHa-tb8bz]

Wow 😲

[@alphaomega8373]

Yessss add more mass to the earth, whats the worst that could happen...

[@YotamGuttman]

3:35 isn't this exactly what we said sold decades ago when we obliviously started out exploiting our planet's resources, not knowing what the conveniences will be some hundreds years down the line? isn't it possible we're facing a similar scenario now?

[@ebonaparte3853]

Space is dead, except for a few ocean worlds. What is there to mess up?

[@YotamGuttman]

@@ebonaparte3853 there have been grounds on earth which were thought to be dead when humans began exploiting the local resources which natives and the local ecosystem relied on. also I wasn't saying that we'd harm some other life mining astroids. maybe we'd harm ourselves, break some kinda balance? I can't answer your question because what I'm literally saying is that there's a reason why things are the way they are and we don't always know the reason before we set out to do something and only later discover the consequences. this has happened many times throughout our history.

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@YotamGuttman There is an interconnected biosphere on Earth. There is no such biosphere on the Moon or asteroids, and Mars is still up in the air.

[@YotamGuttman]

@@ebonaparte3853 I understand what you're saying, which also implies that you don't quite get what I am. I am talking about the probability of having to tackle something we are yet to encounter. your arguments are based on theories that are known to us. the example I used wasn't a literal comparison of the earth's biosphere and to the lack thereof in space. it was more about the fact that people tend to think that all we know is all there is. I was talking about the possibility that we're simply yet to discover something significant in this sphere, our knowledge of it is limited as space isn't yet as well explored as our own planet and there's plenty we do not know. this is why I compared it to the limited knowledge of our planet we had 300 years ago... hope I managed to convey my message this time.

[@ebonaparte3853]

@@YotamGuttman We may run into challenges, but humans LOVE solving challenges. It’s in our blood. This entire endeavor is a challenge.

[@Uniikum]

Born to early, I wish we would have a functional version of cryogenics so I can freeze myself to the future. :)

[@rednad6372]

Other than that, these videos arevamazing!

[@michaeldickins9238]

Well ever heard of atom formers, will not only make us multiplayer but also save our world and make us deposits independent forever and all the metals will ever need and never ending

[@TraditionalAnglican]

It costs $2500 - 3000/kg to LEO on Falcon 9 & Falcon Heavy, and it will cost ~$70/kg to LEO on Starship…. That’s your target for mining water on the moon.

[@Thereminator101]

Maybe collecting and processing the lunar dust itself for building material and needed elements? 🤔

[@RandomGreymane]

I’m all for automated probes herding asteroids onto the dark side of the moon into a particular crater. Do this for a while then pause to start mining. Make sure they don’t land super hard though. Ion drives could be used to do this effectively but slowly because you aren’t surveying them just collecting them. Still moon dust to contend with though.

[@cameronengland7959]

What about some sort of dome that has a hefty filter system kinda thing to maybe take care of the lunar dust, moon shop vacs lmao

[@dave4882]

My understanding is that the craters on earth do not have a meteorite at the bottom of them(melted and blown back out during collision). Why would the craters any where else be different?

[@NicholasNerios]

As long as we aren't planning to bring the resources back down to earth it's a feasible idea. And just the advancement of technology for space habitats will help earth in the future when the climate change or global warming or what ever disaster comes next. We'll at least have the technology to keep earth habitable.

[@Stubby0266]

Have there been probes sent to the polar regions on Mars to check out the ice caps? Why not if not?

[@OrcaGuyreal]

Also good video 👍

[@johannjohann6523]

I thought Mars was made of mostly iron, thus the "red" "rusty" planet. Though that may be just the surface. Yeah, mining could be a good idea if we could figure out a way that was cost effective to ship it back to the earth. Might completely change our economies and industries for the better.

[@clydecox2108]

Hold the phone. NASA just announced a few weeks back that they solved the dust issue by ionizing the particles at least in an airlock when entering ionizing it makes it fall from your EVA suit then it can be vacuumed up and deposited back outside or collected and used as 3D printing material or whatever heck put it in your oatmeal. LOL

[@Dhkwnel]

Im wondering who names al these planets and mountains

[@coffeefish]

Disturbed dust on the moon will settle down very quickly.

[@bojangles9200]

Copy Commander and message received. I have start my mining runs in Star Citizen O7.

[@PortmanRd]

Alas poor Saturn. I knew it's rings well.

[@trevinom69]

@1:42 You say the heavies metals will sink down into the surface....I think you meant sink down...through the surface.