Solar wind to get from Asteroids to Earth orbit? Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Solar wind to get from Asteroids to Earth orbit?
# 19487 byThor Olson on Feb. 20, 2004, 1:24 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
Greetings Frank,
How exactely do you propose to get items made from
asteriod materials close enough to the earth?
The trick of habitats is you need one to get
astronauts to the asteroids. Having one there to
greet them does not address this problem.
Thanks, Thor
My point here is, when using solar sails it is
possible to get all materials even from different
asteroids for cheap since transportation
is cheap with them and bring those materials from
different locations to the construction base.
Our sun is out of hydrogen and ejects it all the time
with the solar wind. So you may find the main part of
water not only in ice-form but in all minor planets
which get touched of the solar winds.