Wouldn't that disperse the rubble released from the asteroid?
I think a method that cut manageable pieces that could be drawn into a
mining scoop for processing would be the desired method. In the Traveller
milieu, I see gravitic tech as the best way to draw in the ore.
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On 23 March 2010 02:47, Antony <> wrote:
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> I was just wondering whether mining and exploration vessels owned by
> registered corporations/mining groups etc. Would be allowed to use nuclear
> warheads in mining operations? These would not be the TNE standard nuclear
> detonation types but conventional nuclear warheads either emplaced or fired
> using a missile into a small asteroid for example.
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> KE missiles or a ships laser I think could also be used to hit an asteroid
> then the ships sensors could read off the "rocks" composition. NASA did
> something similar when they impacted a probe on a small asteroid.
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> Incidentally if someone wants to metricate it GURPS Vehicle expansion 2 has
> a couple of possible ore processors in the Fuel Transfer and Processing
> section.
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> Antony
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