Ceres: Boon to space miners?

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"We show that when you have a vertical impact into snow - an analog for the porous ice we think might be just beneath the surface of Ceres - you can have about 77 percent of the impactor's mass stay in or near the crater."

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/What_smacks_into_Ceres_stays_on_Ceres_999.html

Looks like our solar system has a catchers mitt right where it needs one.

Don't mine Ceres, just mine what is embedded just below the surface.

Other space stories of note--

On Math
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/M..._to_drive_Ramanujans_taxi_cab_number_999.html

NCC-1729 anyone?

The Magnetic Sail http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/M...ative_to_Rocket_Powered_Space_Travel_999.html

trans parent Alum--oh never mind
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Dielectric_film_has_refractive_index_close_to_air_999.html

First the Moon--then Mars
http://www.marsdaily.com/reports/To...o_the_moon_is_the_best_route_to_Mars_999.html

Explore responsibly http://www.space.com/30840-mars-water-life-search-debate.html