NEO Mining Question

In a message dated 2/23/02 8:48:26 PM, tango_dancer@... writes:

<< I see two classes of feasible scenario for mining NEA. I would
appreciate people's feedback on which they think is most plausible
and any flaws in logic, physics or engineering that I've made. Also,
I don't consider it feasible to move an entire asteroid. The kinetic
energy required for a mass of that huge size is mind moggling. >>

I'm sorry but the issuse is really the time not engery. You have to decide
how much time you can effort to expend and time can be created. You can use
a very low engery to move this mass, all you need is to plot a course of
orbit about 5 to 10 years ahead of appointment. Steal a page from Orion
Project's plan for creating a starship and set off a nuke to just nug it
toward the direction you want in Newtonian math. In few years, you will have
it close to earth. Now if you're in a hurry then engery become more
important because you have shorter time window. if you're really in a hurry,
then your plan for sending a ship out to start a mining base become more
important.

Carl