The New Space Race
Humanity’s Move Into Space Will Depend on Mining
Everything we need to travel among the stars is already there. Episode four of Bloomberg’s Giant Leap analyzes how we get it.
Want to be a trillionaire? Try space mining.
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Asteroids, moons and planets in our own solar system hold an essentially unlimited supply of resources. In the fourth and final installment of Giant Leap, a Bloomberg Originals series, we explore how the ability to expand humanity’s reach into space will depend on advances in mining technology.
While the riches inside asteroids and other cosmic bodies can be counted in the trillions of dollars, the critical item we need to mine in space is pretty mundane here on Earth—but solid gold up there.