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Mining the Moon and other solar bodies.
I have ideas for every component needed to start a mining the mineral bodies of our solor system. I is self contained, modular (Scalable) and robust enough to handle more than just one environment. The solar body to be mined must have at Iron amd other allows that would allow the system to create shells capable of surviving an Earth reentry.
I have rough ideas of mineral needs and lunar minerology, An exoert in this area would be a great addition.
I was trained as an IT project manager by NASA trainers, but I am no rocket scientist.
Help me flesh out my concept.
edward long 100+
george lockwood 20+
Lawren Jones 10+
1) there is enough iron on Earth for Earth's needs, and
2) the minerals acquired from space mining are much more valuable used in space, to build future space facilities without having to transport resources out of Earth's gravity well.
Not only is there no need for those resources on Earth, bringing them to Earth is counter-indicated.
Don Anderson 20+
Step one. Robotic mining of the deep ocean floor: the volcanoes there product lots of rare earth metals, that will and found the next step.
Step two. High speed data communications to moon: this would allow $ per hour robotic tourism, again that will found the next step.
Step three. Take lesions from one and two and apply them to moon mining.
Jacqueline d'Etienne
Michel Desjardins 10+
Especially, considering the astronomic costs of sending anything to the moon (and further).
Krisztián Pintér 200+
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space.html