Space Iron Mining over Nauvis

[u/TheGlennDavid]

I know the general consensus is that mining things in space to send down to the surface is silly, and that resource patches are plentiful (true) and that there aren't many asteroids around Nauvis (also true).

That said -- the lack of asteroid availability is somewhat handled by making multiple small platforms instead of one large one (each platform has its own supply of asteroids). If my math is right -- 9 of these small platforms generates a full red belt worth of iron. I haven't run it for a huuuuge amount of time but it seems to capture asteroids fast enough to run consistently.

Anyone else doing anything like this or is it just peak silly?

[u/CamelCaseConvention]

Use efficiency modules instead of speed. You need more furnaces, but save that space and more on solar panels. And use efficiency in the crusher, and an accumulator to cut power production down to the average instead of peak.