ASTRON 2B03 Study Guide - Asteroid Mining
8 Apr 2014
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In my opinion, asteroid mining is quite an interesting topic because of the revolutionary aspect of it. Well, according to cbc, this project will become reality and officially launch by 2015 (cbc, 2013). The topic was first introduced to me when we spoke of the asteroid eros in lecture while learning about asteroids and the asteroid belt. Asteroid"s contain valuable minerals and metals such as nickel, iron, magnesium, and could even have gold and platinum (bonsor, 2000)! Personally i think the most shocking aspect of this whole idea is the abundance of these resources that certain scientists and organizations believe reside on certain asteroids. Bonsor, a nasa proposed their belief that the total value of minerals on asteroids that reside in the asteroid belt can potentially surpass billion for each and every individual that resides on earth (bonsor, 2000).
