Asteroid mining-delivering the goods without mass destructio

[scottb50]

And there could be rich mineral depots at sites of meteorite impacts.

It would be interesting to drill into the mascons on the moon, rumored to be iron...

Seems that could be unmanned and tele-operated to begin with. Build a landing site for future manned and unmanned missions, explore to begin with, catalog the local area and pick opportunities.

 

[rockett]

And there could be rich mineral depots at sites of meteorite impacts.

It would be interesting to drill into the mascons on the moon, rumored to be iron...

Seems that could be unmanned and tele-operated to begin with. Build a landing site for future manned and unmanned missions, explore to begin with, catalog the local area and pick opportunities.

Interesting article on lunar minerals:
http://www.permanent.com/l-minera.htm