Why Mine C-Type Asteroids?

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Thread: Why Mine C-Type Asteroids?

# 12069 bymikecombs@... on Aug. 2, 2011, 1:19 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03

> Besides iron (which makes up about 22% by weight of a
> typical C-Type asteroid),

That's interesting. I've had a tendency to expect that when we're after steel we'll mine nickel-iron asteroids, and when we're after volatiles we'll mine the CC's. But this makes it sound like CC's are the best selection all around.

Regards,

Mike Combs

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