Asteroid Mining 22000 Miles Above Sea Level - The Epoch Times
$20 Trillion : That’s how much mineral wealth is buried in 3554 Amun, a tiny asteroid that crosses Earth’s orbit, as estimated by planetary scientist John S. Lewis in his 1997 book “Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids, Comets, and... The vast sum wasn’t meant to be taken literally — a sufficient expansion in the supply of rare minerals would send it prices crashing down, just as the discovery of how to cheaply synthesize aluminum, which was once more precious than gold,... “Since the beginning of the sun, these rocks have literally been floating in the solar system, and they haven’t changed much,” said Chris Lewicki, the president of Planetary Resources, a pioneer in the space mining industry. The declining costs of rockets and advancements in robotic technology have paved the way for companies like Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, founded in 2010 and 2013 respectively, and sparked a gold rush for the space age. Source: www.theepochtimes.com
