Cosmos:elementary | Is asteroid mining a dumb idea? @Cosmos_elementary | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
You might have heard about asteroids that are worth billions or even trillions of dollars, because they have lots of valuable resources like gold and platinum. So it’s only logical that people would want to get those resources. But is it actually a good idea and is it even possible?
My video on Mars One
youtube.com/watch?v=tNu4mAsqS8M
00:00 - Intro
02:47 - What's there on asteroids
7:43 - How do we know it?
17:43 - How to mine
25:20 - Actual companies
Sources
Asteroid types
solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth
Asteroid values
asterank.com
Composition
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/72-our-solar-system/comets-meteors-and-asteroids/asteroids/295-how-are-asteroid-compositions-and-classifications-determined-intermediate
Osiris-Rex
nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-successfully-stows-sample-of-asteroid-bennu
HED meteorites
https://meteorites.asu.edu/achondrites/hed-meteorites
NEOs
cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/about/neo_groups.html
Asteroid redirect mission
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/asteroid-redirect-robotic-mission-arrm
Laws
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/738/1/012014/pdf
theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/06/asteroid-mining-space-minerals-legal-issues
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2011/2011.03369.pdf
Economics
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1810/1810.03836.pdf
Companies
asteroidminingcorporation.co.uk
transastracorp.com/apis-spacecraft
MIT review
technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134510/asteroid-mining-bubble-burst-history
Mining
arxiv.org/pdf/1808.05099.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117720304142?via%3Dihub
oxfordre.com/planetaryscience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.001.0001/acrefore-9780190647926-e-13
https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8882371&fileOId=8884121
https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/67738/21Jun_Ho_Kenny.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Planetary resources
liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/space.2013.0013
space.com/39363-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-satellite-launches.html
https://www.consensys.space/
DSI
space.com/42906-deep-space-industries-acquired-by-bradford-space.html
Physics of mining
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/54/5/5.10/249823
You might have heard about asteroids that are worth billions or even trillions of dollars, because they have lots of valuable resources like gold and platinum. So it’s only logical that people would want to get those resources. But is it actually a good idea and is it even possible?
My video on Mars One
youtube.com/watch?v=tNu4mAsqS8M
00:00 - Intro
02:47 - What's there on asteroids
7:43 - How do we know it?
17:43 - How to mine
25:20 - Actual companies
Sources
Asteroid types
solarsystem.nasa.gov/asteroids-comets-and-meteors/asteroids/in-depth
Asteroid values
asterank.com
Composition
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/72-our-solar-system/comets-meteors-and-asteroids/asteroids/295-how-are-asteroid-compositions-and-classifications-determined-intermediate
Osiris-Rex
nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-successfully-stows-sample-of-asteroid-bennu
HED meteorites
https://meteorites.asu.edu/achondrites/hed-meteorites
NEOs
cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/about/neo_groups.html
Asteroid redirect mission
jpl.nasa.gov/missions/asteroid-redirect-robotic-mission-arrm
Laws
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/738/1/012014/pdf
theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/06/asteroid-mining-space-minerals-legal-issues
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2011/2011.03369.pdf
Economics
arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1810/1810.03836.pdf
Companies
asteroidminingcorporation.co.uk
transastracorp.com/apis-spacecraft
MIT review
technologyreview.com/2019/06/26/134510/asteroid-mining-bubble-burst-history
Mining
arxiv.org/pdf/1808.05099.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117720304142?via%3Dihub
oxfordre.com/planetaryscience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.001.0001/acrefore-9780190647926-e-13
https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=8882371&fileOId=8884121
https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/67738/21Jun_Ho_Kenny.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Planetary resources
liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/space.2013.0013
space.com/39363-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-satellite-launches.html
https://www.consensys.space/
DSI
space.com/42906-deep-space-industries-acquired-by-bradford-space.html
Physics of mining
academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/54/5/5.10/249823
