> On Feb 15, 2016, at 2:13 PM, Craig Berry <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Although this does make me wonder if there are salvage operators who specialize in scouring deep space for such derelicts. Jump out into the black near a known icy body, start refueling, then crank up the active sensors and wait for returns...for days, weeks, possibly months. When you get an interesting return, microjump to it. 99% of the time it's another lump of ice and rock; start refueling, repeat until you strike it rich or run out of provisions.
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> Some ships found this way would be recent enough and in good enough condition to sell to refitters; others, old or interesting enough to sell to museums.

And you might find useful stuff in the rocks themselves.

and go slowly crazy in the dark….

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
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