12-05-2019, 05:49 PM | #11 | |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Re: Space Mining: Ore Availability and Yield
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I'm not sure how they got magnetized, under the circumstances, but in the Known Space setting, they made fusion reactions so much more efficient that finding one repaid, literally, years of prospecting in the belt. If a belter found several, he or she had a successful career. If the prospector found a fair number more (but less than a couple dozen, IIRC), he or she could enjoy a long retirement in comfort -- or a short one, and leave a substantial inheritance.
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