for large and structural parts you would need to use more conventional or improved conventional means of shaping, nanites are good for details, but they may struggle elsewhere, ferous materials could be molded in a shaped magnetic field, the trick would be cooling them, or they could be powdered and sistered together with a similar magnetic field...
controlling the space nanites (physical location) would probably be done with electromagnetic fields. Sure there is the direct solar laser approach to asteroid mining (which simultaneously refines the ore and separates the materials), but to build the lens and ore distilling apparatus, still requires significant infrastructure, even if it could speed up the process that just using nanites would entail, my guess is the process is ensure the more high demand rocks are close to where they can be processed (even if you aren't ready to process them, if you can move them close with the ships that are waiting for someone else's task to complete then the process becomes more efficient) break the rock into manageable chunks, to send through one of the ore processing facilities, be it solar laser, ark furnace, or straight nanite based, the nanites manage the processed ore and convert it to a more useable form, large parts and structural materials would go through a slightly different process...
Asteroids can provide easy access to heavier elements provided the access to the asteroids, and considering, that construction had to have started shortly after the superhero adventure started, and at this point it isn't over yet, all that in under a year? the only reasonable means in which to set up an infrastructure capable of supporting that much growth that quickly is nanites designed and programmed to take raw matterial and convert it directly into the finished product, facilities to make the process more efficient at first, because there is no way that Sheepdog and Seeker could transport the amount of equipment needed to sustain such an operation,source nanites, control nodes, nanite production and nanite based fabrication, mining equipment and the parts needed to set up unmanned mining rigs sure, extra equipment would be needed to get the nanites functioning and mobile (with confinement) in a low G vacuum environment....
schubacca at 8:39PM, March 14, 2016
"monty cheats" he is a pooka... and a spawn of Lan... "he cheats" would be almost a complement if it weren't a forgone conclusion
man in black at 5:47PM, March 8, 2016
Until they get horns and try to headbutt me
Katzen Irastra at 2:46PM, March 8, 2016
if someday you reach the end of the space don't forget clean your paws on the welcome mat.
Katzen Irastra at 2:46PM, March 8, 2016
if someday you reach the end of the space don't forget clean your paws on the welcome mat.
rmccool at 11:00AM, March 8, 2016
your right and we will get to that.. monty cheats and has friends... and trade partners
mhalpern at 7:18AM, March 8, 2016
for large and structural parts you would need to use more conventional or improved conventional means of shaping, nanites are good for details, but they may struggle elsewhere, ferous materials could be molded in a shaped magnetic field, the trick would be cooling them, or they could be powdered and sistered together with a similar magnetic field...
mhalpern at 7:12AM, March 8, 2016
controlling the space nanites (physical location) would probably be done with electromagnetic fields. Sure there is the direct solar laser approach to asteroid mining (which simultaneously refines the ore and separates the materials), but to build the lens and ore distilling apparatus, still requires significant infrastructure, even if it could speed up the process that just using nanites would entail, my guess is the process is ensure the more high demand rocks are close to where they can be processed (even if you aren't ready to process them, if you can move them close with the ships that are waiting for someone else's task to complete then the process becomes more efficient) break the rock into manageable chunks, to send through one of the ore processing facilities, be it solar laser, ark furnace, or straight nanite based, the nanites manage the processed ore and convert it to a more useable form, large parts and structural materials would go through a slightly different process...
mhalpern at 6:55AM, March 8, 2016
Asteroids can provide easy access to heavier elements provided the access to the asteroids, and considering, that construction had to have started shortly after the superhero adventure started, and at this point it isn't over yet, all that in under a year? the only reasonable means in which to set up an infrastructure capable of supporting that much growth that quickly is nanites designed and programmed to take raw matterial and convert it directly into the finished product, facilities to make the process more efficient at first, because there is no way that Sheepdog and Seeker could transport the amount of equipment needed to sustain such an operation,source nanites, control nodes, nanite production and nanite based fabrication, mining equipment and the parts needed to set up unmanned mining rigs sure, extra equipment would be needed to get the nanites functioning and mobile (with confinement) in a low G vacuum environment....
skobel at 3:28AM, March 8, 2016
5
magicalmisfits at 10:41PM, March 7, 2016
wow
Gunwallace at 10:27PM, March 7, 2016
I like goats
starj at 9:54PM, March 7, 2016
nice page.