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=== Jet Can Mining ===

Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "jetcan" or just a "can") forming within 2,~~500m3~~ of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500m3. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an industrial ship). Its advantages are that you decrease your travel time significantly from the [[Mining#Cargohold_Mining|cargohold mining]] method.

Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "jetcan" or just a "can") forming within 2,500m of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500m3. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an industrial ship). Its advantages are that you decrease your travel time significantly from the [[Mining#Cargohold_Mining|cargohold mining]] method.

Its disadvantages are that jetcans only have a life span of 2 hours and they are not secure, meaning [[Can_Flipping|anyone can open and remove items from a jetcan]]. This is a common form of theft and griefing in the game where a player will "flip" a jetcan either to steal the ore or to induce a fight [[CONCORD_Details|without CONCORD intervention]]. One possible way to combat this is to use [[Mining#GSC_Mining|secure containers]] which can be programmed with a password; unfortunately, the largest, the giant secure container (usually called a GSC) can only hold 3,900m3 of ore and thus is considerably less efficient than a jet can.

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 === Jet Can Mining  ===
-Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "jetcan" or just a "can") forming within 2,500m3 of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500m3. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an industrial ship). Its advantages are that you decrease your travel time significantly from the [[Mining#Cargohold_Mining|cargohold mining]] method.
+Players can jettison items from their cargohold into space, which results in a cargo container (more commonly called a "jetcan" or just a "can") forming within 2,500m of the ship. This jettisoned container has a volume capacity of 27,500m3. Miners can take advantage of this capacity by transferring the ore in their cargohold into the jetcan. Typically a player will fill a jetcan with ore, and then swap to a ship with a larger cargohold (most often an industrial ship). Its advantages are that you decrease your travel time significantly from the [[Mining#Cargohold_Mining|cargohold mining]] method.
 Its disadvantages are that jetcans only have a life span of 2 hours and they are not secure, meaning [[Can_Flipping|anyone can open and remove items from a jetcan]]. This is a common form of theft and griefing in the game where a player will "flip" a jetcan either to steal the ore or to induce a fight [[CONCORD_Details|without CONCORD intervention]]. One possible way to combat this is to use [[Mining#GSC_Mining|secure containers]] which can be programmed with a password; unfortunately, the largest, the giant secure container (usually called a GSC) can only hold 3,900m3 of ore and thus is considerably less efficient than a jet can.