Aug 27, 2015 - Swirling through the cosmos, within striking distance of Earth, are thousands of extraordinarily valuable rocks. At least, that's the theory: ...

Jun 26, 2019 - Their startup, Planetary Resources, was launched in 2012 with the modest dream of mining asteroids for minerals, metals, water, and other valuables. The founders’ résumés and connections gav...

Dec 11, 2018 - While space mining is still a decade or so off, next year the industry is ramping up their efforts.

The costs run high and the returns are not immediate but extraterrestrial mining is now within the realms of the probable. Beyond gaining access to precious ...

Jun 11, 2018 - Sign in; Register ... “The psychological barrier to mining asteroids is high, the actual financial and technological barriers are ... A Caltech study put the cost of an asteroid-mining mission...

May 15, 2018 - The race to space traditionally has advanced with exploration and even tourism in mind, but space-mining is looking like an increasingly ...

Jul 2, 2019 - That means using robots to build satellites and space stations by mining asteroids, the moon and other planets. A plot ripped from science ...

Nov 24, 2018 - Asteroid mining is a trillion dollar opportunity, but it might be prohibitively expensive. ... Sign in or create an account to view more. To access ...

Space has long captured the human imagination—as a source of wonder, a place of discovery, a realm for aspirations. But increasingly, space is viewed as a.