Asteroid Mining

Types of Asteroids:

There are three general types of asteroids in our Solar System, C-type(carbonaceous) are rich in water, X-type are composed primarily of metal and are rich in precious metals that offer the most value and will affect growth of the space economy and S-type(silaceous) rocky asteroids are a mixture of rock and metal mixed together.

Asteroid near Earth

External links to asteroid mining companies :

Deep Space Industries

Planetary Resources

Trivia

Every year the Earth loses around 50,000,000Kg into space, maybe one day space mining will reverse this.