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Scientists Say There’s Over a Trillion Dollars of Platinum Waiting to Be Extracted From the Moon’s Craters

Scientists Say There’s Over a Trillion Dollars of Platinum Waiting to Be Extracted From the Moon’s Craters

By Victor Tangermann

Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched the first-ever mining mission to an asteroid. The mission is in serious trouble.

First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth

By Victor Tangermann

An asteroid mining startup called AstroForge is preparing to launch two missions to space later this year, Bloomberg reports.

Asteroid Mining Startup About to Launch First Mission

By Victor Tangermann

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that encourages the mining of resources in space and on the Moon.

Trump Signs Executive Order Encouraging Moon, Asteroid Mining

By Victor Tangermann

To some, collecting resources from other planets or asteroids instead of using up the Earth could be the key to ensuring that we — and our planet — survive.

Billionaires Are Dead Serious About Moving Factories to Space

By Victor Tangermann

A group of scientists want to declare the greater expanses of the solar system as official "space wilderness" to protect celestial bodies from space mining.

Scientists: We Need to Protect the Solar System from Space Mining

By Victor Tangermann

Japan's space agency just deployed two asteroid-exploring robots from its Hayabusa2 spacecraft, and they could teach us about the solar system's past.

A Pair of Japanese Robots (Hopefully) Just Landed on an Asteroid

By Kristin Houser

A Colorado university just launched the world's first space resources degrees, which are designed to prepare students for off-world mining.

Want To Snag A Job Mining Asteroids Someday? You Can Now Get Your Masters In It.

By Kristin Houser

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Falcon Heavy Could Make Asteroid Mining a Reality

By Kristin Houser

Asteroids Need to Be Mapped If We’re Going to Mine Their Resources

Asteroids Need to Be Mapped If We’re Going to Mine Their Resources

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Ambiguous Laws Could Prevent Us from Taking Full Advantage of Celestial Resources

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Ambiguous Laws Could Prevent Us from Taking Full Advantage of Celestial Resources

The Trump Administration is Interested in Extracting Resources From The Moon

The Trump Administration is Interested in Extracting Resources From The Moon

By Christianna Reedy

Would it Be Possible to Build a Death Star?

Would it Be Possible to Build a Death Star?

By June Javelosa

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New Law Lets Companies Own Parts of Asteroids

By Jelor Gallego

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining

Humanity’s Future in Space Depends on Asteroid Mining

By Jolene Creighton