Article on Astroid Mining

[DarkRange55]

Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners

Our planet had a "second moon" for a hot minute in 2024. This gave space entrepreneurs a bright idea.

www.space.com

I've been eying the mini-moons and quasi-moons low-hanging fruit for resources for space habitats. Rubble-pile asteroids are a lot more common than metal-rich asteroids, so most mini-moons will be rubble piles.

 

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[WhatCouldHaveBeen32]

Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners

Our planet had a "second moon" for a hot minute in 2024. This gave space entrepreneurs a bright idea.

www.space.com

I've been eying the mini-moons and quasi-moons low-hanging fruit for resources for space habitats. Rubble-pile asteroids are a lot more common than metal-rich asteroids, so most mini-moons will be rubble piles.

We need to find 4 dwarfs for this to work however.