Cold welding is pretty much tailor made for zero-g vacuum environments.Originally Posted by Whacker
Re: Asteroid Mining
Cold welding is pretty much tailor made for zero-g vacuum environments.Great idea in theory, really damn hard in practice. Electronics have to be extra hardened to survive space. Ironically most newer electronics probably wouldn't survive, the older stuff with larger pathways and circuitry are what lasts much longer. This is why the shuttles ran on old 486's.
Not saying it can't be done at all. But getting to something that'd probably survive the trip and function fine is going to be a real exercise.
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