Asteroid mining

This area of this site is to learn about, teach about, and research asteroid mining. Degrees in mining engineering are offered at some universities.

Discussion questions

How can desirable asteroids be identified?
How can asteroid mining benefit all of humanity?

Learning resources

Search for Asteroid mining at Wikiversity

Readings at Wikipedia

See also

External links

Asteroid mining on Reddit (406 subscribers, Jan 2017)
A possible new future alternative to land mining - paper at MIT
Precious metals in peril: Can asteroid mining save us? - article @ Harvard
Could asteroid mining become a space Gold Rush? - article @ University of Alabama

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