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  • Lucy in the sky and Trojan asteroids?

    From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 16 04:09:56 2021
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwSSdtWUNE

    Big ass solar panels on Lucy !
    I think, they looking for rare earth metals?

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to All on Sat Oct 16 07:45:06 2021
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 04:09:56 -0700 (PDT), StarDust <csoka01@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwSSdtWUNE

    Big ass solar panels on Lucy !
    I think, they looking for rare earth metals?

    They are not looking for rare earth metals. The Trojan asteroids are
    in highly stable orbits, and likely collected where they are very
    early in the formation of the Solar System. So unlike main belt
    asteroids, they are thought to represent nearly pristine samples of
    the material from which our system formed. So their chemistry is
    potentially very interesting. The instruments will be analyzing
    volatile ices, silicates, and probably organic molecules.

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Sat Oct 16 15:07:32 2021
    On Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 6:45:10 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 04:09:56 -0700 (PDT),
    wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbwSSdtWUNE

    Big ass solar panels on Lucy !
    I think, they looking for rare earth metals?
    They are not looking for rare earth metals. The Trojan asteroids are
    in highly stable orbits, and likely collected where they are very
    early in the formation of the Solar System. So unlike main belt
    asteroids, they are thought to represent nearly pristine samples of
    the material from which our system formed. So their chemistry is
    potentially very interesting. The instruments will be analyzing
    volatile ices, silicates, and probably organic molecules.

    Well, this mission is a double-edged sword, I think!
    Finding rare earth metal is a priority if the world wants to switch to green economy!
    Watched a documentary online about it, one of these medium size asteroid can contain enough rare earth material, enough for 100 years
    to fuel our new green economy.

    Asteroids – a new El Dorado in space? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QxN3l5UIgc

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