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Originally Posted by Ithekro
Well no one is looking for oil on those rocks. They are looking for metals and non-organic compounds that can be used for fuel. Both of which we know exist on these rocks.
The Moon (Luna) could also be mined, but there is supposedly a less likely chance of metals there due to how it is suspected to have been formed. There would be some metals at least at or around some of the craters. But they still would have to deal with a one-sixth gravity rather than the practically nothing on a Near Earth Asteroid.
Though one does have to wonder about the fossil fuels angle...and someplace like Mars. It has been suggested that there was life on Mars in the distant past. It might not be there anymore, but the fossils may remain. If so...there could be oil on Mars.
It isn't very likely, but it is a possibility. How one would drill for it and transport it back to Earth....that is an entirely different problem. (Space Tankers!).
But there is one more thing that could happen if there is money to be made by shipping stuff around up there. Someone that wants to steal it.
Enter the Space Pirates.
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would it actually need to be transported back to earth. I imagine if we get Mars and colonize it, we would be beyond using Fossil Fuel. They other stuff that oil is use for (plastic) can manufacture on Mars itself.