I'm working on a potential posting about the total economic value of all possible mined ores in the asteroid belt. This is something of an experimental draft to follow below.
The total mass of the asteroid belt has a minimum and maximum estimate.
What is 3.0Kg to the 1021st power Minimum...
The real question is HOW did water first form.
Hydrogen came from the big bang and oxygen from the first stars.
I suppose H2 duterium came from the big bang to but stars are ok.
The point is since pressure and certain temperatures are required to join H2 and O, where can this ocour in space...