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--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
> From: Richard [mailto:rabrooks@g...]
>
> > Mars being in beween the Earth and the Moon in both
> > gravity and atmosphere may have its own ores.
> >
> > I feel that it is the height of stupidity not to go and take a look.
>
> As the evidence for a wet past for Mars grows, I'd say we are far more
> likely to find differentiated ores on Mars than on the moon. But lunar
> "ores" (just plain dirt, really) are still more economically valuable.
> Why? Two reasons:
>
> 1. They are at the bottom of a much shallower gravity well, which means
> exportation costs will be lower.
>
> 2. They are much closer to the only plausible market in the near-term:
> orbital spaces near Earth.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs