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In article <7739@pyr.gatech.EDU> ccoprmd@pyr.UUCP (Matthew T. DeLuca) writes:
>     A few problems here...
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>the fuel for the return trip must be carried on board, and this fuel must be
>sufficient to accelerate and decelerate the loaded ship.  WE're looking at 
>fuel requirements in the tens of millions of tons.  I don't see this kind
>of capability with forseeable technology anytime in the next thirty years.
>Matthew DeLuca
>Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
>uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!ccoprmd
>ARPA: ccoprmd@pyr.gatech.edu

Ah, but you miss a critical point, the only fuel required is to get out to the
Asteroid belt.  Getting the asteriods back involves just giving them a push
of sorts (unless you are in a hurry-- sure this may take a few years for them
to get back to earth orbit).  Also, the space ship could probably slow in a
way similar to the shuttles when it returns to Earth, just use the atmosphere
as a speed brake.
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