What can we get from mining asteroids?

If I asked you how many metals you think you have in your pockets at the moment, you might say three or four. But you’ve probably got around 40 or 50 different metals on you right now if you’ve got a smartwatch on, a smartphone or even a tablet.

The problem with all those exotic metals is that they are quite rare and hard to get on Earth.

There’s a limited supply and they’re hard to recycle from the electronics we use. Therefore there’s a huge demand and potentially a lot of money to be made by going to the asteroids and mining those as well as mining these resources

on Earth.

Above: Asteroid mining could be an extremely profitable business

Lewis Dartnell, professor at the University of Westminster