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#1 2023-10-06 08:32:12
- tahanson43206
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Lithobraking Harnessed for Excavation and Mining
This new topic is inspired by the robust development of an idea of Void, in the Ballistic Delivery topic.
That topic is coming along nicely, as it shows the way forward for development of industrial scale operations in Mars/Earth trade.
This topic is a follow up on an observation of GW Johnson, that uncontrolled impacts of matter with the surface of a planet will result in predictable dispersion of atoms arriving and those present at the site of impact.
This topic is offered for development of a related industry.... Use of carefully controlled delivery of expendible mass to the surface of Mars, to excavate living spaces and to remove overburden from desirable deposits of material.
A great deal of the posts in the original Ballistic topic would fit here, but this is an opportunity to start over.
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#2 2023-10-06 08:37:49
- tahanson43206
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Re: Lithobraking Harnessed for Excavation and Mining
To start things off, I asked Google if Ballistic Excavation is a recognized term on Earth ...
Ballistic Sedimentation of Impact Crater Ejecta: Implications for the ...
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Apr 15, 2020 · Ballistic sedimentation describes a process in which local materials are excavated by and mixed with ballistically transported ejecta that ...Ballistic Sedimentation of Impact Crater Ejecta ... - AGU Publications
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Apr 15, 2020 · Ballistic sedimentation describes a process in which local materials are excavated by and mixed with ballistically transported ejecta that ...
There is a enterprising home contractor who chose the word "Ballistic" for part of the company name.
I am looking for a time when the title "Ballistic Excavation" will be more than a clever name for a home contractor.
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#3 2023-10-06 09:32:11
- Void
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Re: Lithobraking Harnessed for Excavation and Mining
That is an interesting notion (th) Perhaps an impactor shell could be filled with materials from Phobos and be caused to impact the overburden on top of an ice deposit, in order to expose the ice to be mined.
Reality is there are likely lots of ore bodies we do not detect as they can be covered by wind sediments, and also ice, but that is a detection problem to solve before excavation is done.
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