AstroAllie5

Please describe how you will make the steel to build those structures from the raw iron and other elements/minerals you find out there.

e.g. -- I found this 'backyard' video of making steel from iron! If they can do it in a backyard, then it should be a doddle in space for you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDy1jx6mLgs

Please discuss potential for manufacturing in space, using raw materials from asteroids you mined. What sort of products do you expect, beyond water as fuel? Will you build the space factories too?

Is it possible that some ores will be found in 'veins' like here on earth? How do you find a vein?

Any chance you can provide link to the '70s NASA process details?

Hi, Mason! Thanks for starting such a popular thread! Will NASA give Planetary Resources a contract as part of the asteroid initiative? For those who don't know, Planetary Resources is planning on mining the asteroids. (see here for more info: http://lky.me/1H7J )