Asteroid Mining Overview

False (B)

The cloud of material that formed our planet billions of years ago.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trillions of dollars worth of rare materials.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Switching from traditional rockets to electric spaceships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>To secure the asteroid and stop it from spinning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To help put the asteroid in a stable orbit around Earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Heating the asteroid to boil out gases and then separating the remaining elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>An initial push from private or government organizations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Elements like Terbium, Neodymium, and Tantalum used in electronics and other technologies.

Extracting resources from asteroids in space.

A region of space containing numerous asteroids.

Asteroids that orbit close to Earth.

Spaceships using electric propulsion.

Significant expense associated with transporting fuel into space.

The study of the motion of objects in space.

The force of attraction between objects with mass.

The process of halting an asteroid's rotation.

Extracting and refining valuable materials from the asteroid.

Processing of materials performed in space.

Creating objects using layered materials.

Estimated worth of minerals in space is massive, but cost prohibitive currently.

Environmental harms such as pollution, biodiversity loss and worker's safety related issues.

Significant reduction of environmental harm, enabling clean extraction of valuable resource from space.

Essential materials for construction, manufacturing, and technology.

Expensive materials valuable for their rarity.

Mixture of rocks, metals, and ice from the solar system's formation.

High expense for transporting resources or objects through space.

Economic cost of extracting resources out of asteroids.

Moving an asteroid into a new orbit.

Spacecraft that can be used multiple times.

Processing raw elements and metals off a space object.

Using a laser to vaporize materials from an asteroid.