Google Asteroids

[peewee_RotA]

This is a publicity stunt, right? 

Plans for asteroid mining emerge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17827347

The multi-million-dollar plan would use robotic spacecraft to squeeze chemical components of fuel and minerals such as platinum and gold out of the rocks.

The founders include film director and explorer James Cameron as well as Google's chief executive Larry Page and its executive chairman Eric Schmidt.

[Sgt. Dick]

rumor has it, that there is a vast supply of methane in uranus.

Actually that would be funny as hell if they did discover methane on that planet.

[peewee_RotA]

 

[ex]

rumor has it, that there is a vast supply of methane in uranus.

Actually that would be funny as hell if they did discover methane on that planet.

Actually, there is methane in Uranus' atmosphere, albeit a small amount compared to its other gasses.  Most of it is trapped in the upper atmosphere, which makes it appear blue to us, as methane absorbs red light waves instead of reflecting them.

So yes, there actually is methane in Uranus.