Asteroid Mining Fast Facts

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Asteroids might be packed with rare Earth minerals such as platinum. That sounds like a great way to get rich! In this video I talk about what technologies for asteroid mining are currently being investigated, for example mining with bacteria. Yes, bacteria. I know this sounds crazy, but turns out it isn't.

Correction to the text in the background at 6 mins 12 seconds: It should read "Copper" not "Carbon". What I say is correct.

Many thanks to Jordi Busqué for help with this video http://jordibusque.com/

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0:00 Intro
0:31 Sponsor Message
1:21 What asteroids are worth mining?
4:22 How do you mine an asteroid?
7:48 Is asteroid mining legal?
8:48 Research and industry interest
10:02 Open problems and conclusions

#space #science

Видео Asteroid Mining Fast Facts канала Sabine Hossenfelder