Why Mine C-Type Asteroids?

Yes they have...but don't call me Shirley.

To: spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com
From: sraj99@...
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 13:25:08 +0530
Subject: [spacesettlers] : Why Mine C-Type Asteroids?

Because of their composition, C-Type asteroids make ideal sources for

strategic metals. Besides iron (which makes up about 22% by weight of a

typical C-Type asteroid), most have high concentrations of such important

and/or valuable materials as aluminum, magnesium, nickel, cobalt, platinum,

and titanium ...

http://www.goldprice.com/detail.asp?id=platinum199

(Surely a lot of these asteroids would have crashed on the Moon.)

Selvaraj