Asteroid mining

Asteroid MiningKazi Mainul IslamReg. no: 2013135013Department of Geography and Environment,Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.

Asteroid mining is the exploitation of raw materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects

Types of Asteroid

C-Type Asteroid

S-Type Asteroid

M-Type Asteroid

Purposes of Mining an Asteroid

1. Outer Space Resources

2. Making Space Travel Cheap

Rare Minerals

130,000,000,000 $

PlatinumPlatinum in Asteroid NASA's Annual Budget

130

19.3

Comparisonin Billion US$

Ryugu 198 ML Didymos 2001 CC21 1992 TC

95

14

84

147

84

35

4

22

30

17

Potential Target and Estimated Profit from in Billion US$

Est. Value Est. Profit

Water Oxygen Rocket Fuel

Metal

PROX DMP 320