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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4944028, member: 27832"]In one sense, we're closer to that gold and platinum than we are to India.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a more practical sense, it's less accessible than a far-off asteroid. We've <i>landed</i> on asteroids, and we're in the process of bringing back samples from one. We have no ideas at all on how to mine <i>anything</i> from Earth's core. (Actually, I take that back. If you're <i>very</i> patient, eventually the Sun will expand into a red giant, and boil away Earth in its entirety. Just wait far enough away with a <i>big</i> sheet of something like tungsten, condense the vapors, and separate them...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4944028, member: 27832"]In one sense, we're closer to that gold and platinum than we are to India. In a more practical sense, it's less accessible than a far-off asteroid. We've [I]landed[/I] on asteroids, and we're in the process of bringing back samples from one. We have no ideas at all on how to mine [I]anything[/I] from Earth's core. (Actually, I take that back. If you're [I]very[/I] patient, eventually the Sun will expand into a red giant, and boil away Earth in its entirety. Just wait far enough away with a [I]big[/I] sheet of something like tungsten, condense the vapors, and separate them...)[/QUOTE]
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