This document discusses the potential of asteroid mining. It notes that many natural resources on Earth could be depleted within 50-60 years and that asteroid mining could serve as an alternative source. Asteroid mining could obtain resources like antimony, zinc, tin, silver, lead, indium, gold, and copper. The summary also states that asteroid mining may help enable future space exploration, colonization efforts, and could add trillions to the global economy by providing jobs and future career opportunities.

1. ASTEROID MINING
By: Porter Behling
September/30/2013

2. The Beginning
● Early stages of Asteroid Mining
– Asteroids between Earth and the Moon
– Mined by bots
– Private Corporations

4. Why?
● Natural resources
such as antimony,
zinc, tin, silver, lead,
indium, gold, and
copper, could be
exhausted on Earth
within 50-60 years.
● Asteroid mining
serves as an
alternative to mining
on Earth

5. What asteroid mining will lead into
● Give Reason
● Asteroid mining will help lead into:
– Space exploration
– Space colonization
– USA could become leading resource source

6. Economy
● Could add trillions to the global economy
● Jobs
● Future careers

7. End
references
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Space Exploration | Museum of Science, Boston.
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http://www.mos.org/live-presentations/earth-and-space-exploration
– Dodson, B. (2012, 04). Gizmag | New and Emerging
Technology News. Grand plans for asteroid mining
unveiled by Planetary Resources. Retrieved from
http://www.gizmag.com/planetary-resources-asteroid-mining/22298/
– Planetary Resources – The Asteroid Mining
Company . Retrieved from
http://www.planetaryresources.com/
– HAMMONDS, M. (2013, 04). Discovery News.
Asteroid Mining: Booming 21st Century Gold
Rush? : Discovery News. Retrieved September 09,
2013, from
http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/could-asteroid-mining-drive-21st-century-space-industry-130204.h
● Email:
– porter_behling@yahoo.com