Activity for Chris W‭

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Question	—	Could you liquefy an asteroid to collect its resources? Suppose you could pump a load of energy into an asteroid at a safe distance. As energy gets added to the object, does it make sense that this could be done in a way to get the asteroid to differentiate into different liquid rock/metal layers long enough to collect it? Might a miner or a mining corpo... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	What is a reasonable energy solution for a proposed solar system wide Laser Propulsion array? In my fiction I'm setting up a civilization which uses Laser Propulsion for moving things between bodies within a solar system (assume Earth/sun analogy). Laser Units have been set up anchored to asteroids throughout the system, such that if you want to get from point A to point B, a range of satelli... (more)	—	about 6 years ago