A Return to Asteroid Mining, and Digging Into Space Ethics with Joel Sercel
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Transaster's Strategy for Asteroid Mining
Five years ago was the wrong time to start an asteroid mining company. The reason to go to asteroids in the near term is to harvest their materials as rocket propellant. In space, water costs more than gold on the ground. Because we are focusing on the fundamental technology, we could partner with NASA and such that NASA is actually funding us to develop the technology.
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