Will asteroid mining be easier than anyone thought?
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:03 pm
The images of the little near-earth asteroid Bennu, returned by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft, are absolutely fascinating. (See https://www.asteroidmission.org/?attach ... 12182#main) It looks like a loose collection of thousands of meteoroids that have piled up throughout the history of the Solar System. If we decide to exploit these resources, maybe all we need to do is grab a few boulders and haul them back to the processing facility.
Of course Bennu is a priceless record of Solar System history and I hope that science will have priority over mineral exploitation.
Of course Bennu is a priceless record of Solar System history and I hope that science will have priority over mineral exploitation.