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 Asteroid mining Colonization of Ceres Mining engineering Asteroid capture

See also Lunar Boom Town Martian Boom Town Mining Business 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