Mining asteroids could unlock untold wealth – here’s how to get started!

The Conversation May 2 2018

Amanda Jane Hughes
Post-Doctoral Researcher of Astrophysics, Liverpool John Moores University

Several privately funded space companies are locked in a race to claim the trillions of pounds worth of precious metals thought to exist in asteroids. The UK has now entered the race, with the Asteroid Mining Corporation becoming the first of these new firms in the country.