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Asteroid mining

Asteroid mining is the hypothetical and technically possible extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects.

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History

Minerals in space

Mining considerations

Economics

Regulation and safety

Environmental impact

Demonstrating technological capacity

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Asteroid mining

Nodes174
Edges173
Triples225
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011494
Components1

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Asteroid mining

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related to External links · 43
Asteroid mining → Adam, Archived, Asteroid, Asteroids, Aug, Bibcode, Blair, Brad, Bring, California Institute, Conference, December, Earth, Go First, Long-Term Platinum Supply, Mann, Mars, Michael Booth, Moon, Moving An Asteroid
related to The 2010s · 19
Asteroid mining → Advisers, After, April, Arkyd, ConsenSys, Eric Anderson, Eric Schmidt, Flight, Google's, James Cameron, Larry Page, On, Peter Diamandis, Planetary Resources, Seattle, Shortly, Telescope, The, Washington Museum
related to Space debris · 15
Asteroid mining → According, Apollo, Asteroid, Earth's, European Space Agency, Fragments, Kessler, Kessler's Syndrome, Managing, Mining, OEM, Previous, Similar, These, This
has impact · 14
Asteroid mining → Although, As, Asteroid, Earth, Earth Mining, Earth's, Metals, NEAs, OEM, Psyche, The, These, Unlike, Unregulated
related to Regulation and safety · 12
Asteroid mining → Approximately, Asteroid, In, Luxembourg, Outer Space Affairs, Outer Space Treaty, Soviet, Space, The, UN, United Nations Office, United States
related to Economics · 11
Asteroid mining → Currently, Earth, For, In, M-type, Other, Potential, Psyche, Some, The, US
related to The 2020s · 11
Asteroid mining → China, December, Europe, M-type, Private, SpaceX, SpaceX's, The, There, United States, US
related to The 1980s · 10
Asteroid mining → Academic, Amor, Apollo, Deimos, Governmental, However, Mars, NASA, Phobos, The
related to Minerals in space · 9
Asteroid mining → Although, As, Bushveld Igneous Complex, Earth, Earth's, Hence, Hypothetically, This, Today
related to Prior to 1970 · 9
Asteroid mining → At, Before, If, Miners, Publications, Scavengers, Sky, Space, Worlds

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space mining asteroid asteroids resources earth could would outer treaty platinum law international mars materials moon missions material extraction return

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Asteroid miningis ahypothetical and technically possible extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets0.90text
Worlds of Ifinstance ofPublications0.80text
Scavengers in Spaceinstance ofPublications0.80text
and Miners in the Sky told stories about the conceived dangersinstance ofPublications0.80text
motivesinstance ofPublications0.80text
and experiences of mining asteroidsinstance ofPublications0.80text
Asterank estimate about 700 known asteroids with a value exceeding USinstance ofthe cost of extracting the same resources from celestial bodies declines due to technological innovations around space exploration.Asteroid tracking catalogs0.80text
arms controlinstance ofThe space treaties cover many major issues0.80text
non-appropriation of spaceinstance ofThe space treaties cover many major issues0.80text
freedom of explorationinstance ofThe space treaties cover many major issues0.80text
liability for damagesinstance ofThe space treaties cover many major issues0.80text
safetyinstance ofThe space treaties cover many major issues0.80text

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