#asteroid mining


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asteroid mining will lose a lot of money. we should do it anyway.

Today, nothing can replace terrestrial mining. But if make the necessary long-term investments, our reward will be nearly infinite cheap resources, and a cleaner, healthier Earth.
asteroid mining will lose a lot of money. we should do it anyway.

# space    

why asteroid mining could restart the cold war

Asteroid mining may require changes to The Outer Space Treaty and the consequences of amending it badly could be very serious...
why asteroid mining could restart the cold war

so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?

Space entrepreneurs are excited about the promise of asteroid mining. But there are a lot of big, complicated questions they'll have to answer before we know if they can ever make a profit from it.
so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?

could we see how aliens mine asteroids?

Could we spot aliens not by their signals into outer space, but by their mining activity?
could we see how aliens mine asteroids?

some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…

Some of this blog's readers would make really scary and really good alien invaders...
some of my readers are sadistic tacticians…

# space    

a closer look at asteroid mining

Asteroid mining is touted as the industry of the future. But how ready are we to harvest raw materials from the asteroid belt at a profit?
a closer look at asteroid mining