Asteroid mining

mining on asteroids

American company founded in 2009

United States space mission to collect samples from an asteroid

proposed concepts for the human colonization of the asteroids

guiding principle in the design of an interplanetary mission, aiming to prevent biological contamination of both the target celestial body and the Earth

American company in the asteroid mining sector

orbital insertion of an asteroid around a larger planetary body

1976 book by Gerard K. O'Neill

American planetary scientist