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

The concept of asteroid mining was proposed in 1970s. Matt Anderson defines successful asteroid mining as "the development of a mining program that is...

Similar missions are in progress. Preliminary plans for commercial asteroid mining have been drafted by private startup companies, but few of these plans...

for asteroid mining. Obstacles include transportation distance, temperature, radiation, lack of gravity, and psychological issues. Most asteroids have...

particularly in the form of asteroid mining. Space piracy also debuted as a theme around the same time. In works where the asteroid belt is settled by humans...

or ambiguous on newly developed space activities such as lunar and asteroid mining. Nevertheless, the Outer Space Treaty is the first and most foundational...

commercial asteroid mining technologies. As of 2024, no commercialized efforts at asteroid mining have yet to be successful, but a number of asteroid sample-return...

natural resource base" by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining. Following financial troubles caused by "delayed investment", it was...

or ambiguous on newly developed space activities such as lunar and asteroid mining. Nevertheless, the Outer Space Treaty is the first and most foundational...

Psyche. Solar System belts Amor asteroid Apollo asteroid Asteroid mining Aten asteroid Colonization of the asteroid belt Debris disk Exoasteroid Exoasteroid...