There’s a big gap between knowing that an asteroid contains a lot of valuable metal and extracting that metal, let alone bringing it back to Earth. Of course, you could use it to build things in space which you wouldn’t have to lift out of a gravity well, and that is probably the most compelling use case for asteroid mining, in reality.
Originally shared by Alan Brown
This would be a real achievement for NASA, diamonds, platinum and gold from space mining.
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I wonder about water/ice near Mars, i.e. extraterrestrial floating floxum.
I wonder about water/ice near Mars, i.e. extraterrestrial floating floxum.
What should happen if humans start blowing stuff – asteroids – up just to get some exploitable resources?
What should happen if humans start blowing stuff – asteroids – up just to get some exploitable resources?
That’s a debate that’s happening at the moment. Who owns them? Do they belong to whoever can get to them, or to everyone, or to no-one?
That’s a debate that’s happening at the moment. Who owns them? Do they belong to whoever can get to them, or to everyone, or to no-one?