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- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5We require more minerals.
- hapax, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4We require more vespene gas.
- glaz, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3That headline genuinely put a smile on my face.
- H0ns, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2It's about time!
- benroy, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2The title is a bit misleading. Mining molecules is one thing, but these are scientific *observations*. Nothing except information is being transported from one place to another. Pretty cool nonetheless though.
P.S. 60GHz...Great Scott!! - lecturethis, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1all hail hypnotoad
- DaDrake, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Yea nobody is advocating actual mining for minerals. Even if there was pure gold in space, it wouldn't be cost effective to abstract it because .... well.... space ships are ***** expensive. Essentially, NASA is a competition of who can burn through billions the fastest. This is why "commercializing" space travel has become such a big joke.
- diggit08, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2Isn't this how they found venom?
- surgeongg, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1complex molecules in interstellar space, or a giant mass murdering crystalline entitity.
- Lawrencesss, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Lets hope the are able to discover a new date-rape drug.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1The fact that this state of the art radio telescope is named after a former klansman is hard to believe.
- Ramble, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Radio waves and light waves travel at the same speed, they're both the same thing but at different frequencies.
- Lawrencesss, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Well, just say you could grab a lump of gold from GTOrbit. Discounting it's own infulence on the market, you could bring back about 121 Million bucks worth per trip. At an ongoing per launch cost of 60Mil per, you would make a serious profit from this space mining adventure.
- smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Not exactly infinite. The universe may be infinite in dimension, but we can only see a part of it. Radio waves travel at a rather slow speed, compared to light, but even light isn't fast enough to outrun the rate of the universe' expansion. That's why there are parts of the universe we will never ever see, parts that, in a sense, are causally disconnected to us.
Sorry for double reply. - smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Wow, you all got it sorted out, don't you? Did you even read the article? They "mining" for minerals by observing them. Via radio waves. It's not about actually mining for gold in space, but to "seek to discover new, complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life.". It's not about building "space ships [that] are ***** expensive.".
- smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Wow, who's the ***** here now? Just because you don't get it doesn't mean you have to insult. Or are you that dimwitted that you don't even realize that? Ah, i guess you are.
- smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Not exactly infinite. The universe may be infinite in dimension, but we can only see a part of it. Radio waves travel at a rather slow speed, compared to light, but even light isn't fast enough to outrun the rate of the universe' expansion. That's why there are parts of the universe we will never ever see, parts that, in a sense, are causally disconnected to us.
- smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1C'mon, mining is meant metaphoric here, not literally. Like "mining for knowledge". It takes only a couple of braincells, no offense, to realize that.
- smek2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1That's Digg for you. If you think glaz comment is pathetic, wait if you here about that one: somebody actually cared enough, even if he really doesn't care, to reply to glaz. You know, to let him know he doesn't care. As opposed to simply move onto the next comment. That's even more pathetic, don't you think?
- FuryOfThor, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3The intersection of biology and space is always very cool.
- surgeongg, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1You must construct additional pylons.
- nedy78, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1Wow mining in space using radio waves. Imagine the variations and possible combinations of molecules in a universe that is infinite. I realize astrophysicists and astrochemists have an idea of what might be out there, the possibilities could be infinite. It's almost like comparing the amount of remedies and medicines in the rain forest that we simple don't have the resources to get or continue to destroy, but on a much larger scale and less destruction. Sorry for the double comment.
- Dylson, on 06/25/2008, -2/+2...and we genuinely dont care.
- glaz, on 06/25/2008, -1/+0And you speak for everyone ? Or are you just some ***** ? Ah the latter.
- Zdax, on 06/25/2008, -2/+1We demand additional lumber.
- nedy78, on 06/25/2008, -2/+1Wow mining in space using radio waves. Imagine the variations and possible combinations of molecules in a universe that is infinite. I realize astrophysicists and astrochemists have an idea of what might be out there, the possibilities could be infinite. It's almost like comparing the amount of remedies and medicines in the rain forest, but on a much larger scale.
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