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Comments on Deep Sea Mining Tube Worms
I think Larry Niven nailed this one forty years ago; the idea of a mining worm is even older. (Read
the complete story)
"Maybe we can get a Horta to help the worms out. :)
(From one of my favorite Star Trek epsiodes)"
( 8/29/2008 3:24:40 PM) |
"The Horta is a great example of a friendly lifeform adapted to serve the uses of human miners.

(Silicon-based natural miner - the Horta)
"
(Bill Christensen 8/29/2008 7:05:04 PM) |
"This article reminds me of Karel Čapek's 1936 novel 'War With The Newts', in which a species of sea salamanders is found and put to work on deep sea mining and construction projects. A brief plot summary at Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810114682), explains how it all goes horribly wrong. "
(Fortigurn 8/31/2008 9:55:53 PM) |
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