The 365 Days Of Astronomy, The Daily Podcast Of The International Year Of Astronomy 2009

A mining proposal. - Dear Cheap Astronomy – What’s the best way to redirect an asteroid’s path for mining purposes? Let’s start by saying CA's plan to somewhat indiscriminately crash $#!+ on the Moon is not actually that indiscriminate. It’s not realistic to think you can shift an object several kilometres in diameter out of the asteroid belt and onto a precise trajectory that will have it collide with the Moon – at least not without some implausible engineering and fuel supply.   - Dear Cheap Astronomy – Part 2 of What’s the best way to redirect an asteroid’s path for mining purposes? So, to recap. It’s unlikely we are going to achieve zero population growth anytime soon, so we’ll eventually need more resources. While eventually might be a long time coming – we’ll need to put the skills and infrastructure in place so that we’re ready when ‘eventually’ does come.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/3