What's the best way to land on a spinning asteroid? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: What's the best way to land on a spinning asteroid?
# 10566 bysailorbarsoom@... on April 11, 2008, 4:58 a.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
It has been suggested that one could build a habitat from an iron
asteroid by boring into the center, putting an insulated bottle of
water in the center, refilling the whole, and then using mirrors to
melt the whole thing. When the heat finally melts the container of
water, the expanding steam causes the asteroid to balloon out into a
steam-filled iron bubble.
to melting, inserting a pipe, and gently adding nitrogen until you
have your bubble. More like a glass blower.