Asteroid mining, automated and on a contract basis. This is the ultimate gig-economy job.
What if asteroids were mined remotely and brought back to Earth, splashed into the ocean, recovered, and the minerals extracted?
Great idea. But, since it’s for-profit companies that are
doing the mining, getting the asteroids ready and guided to Earth is a job best
contracted out.
This, of course, opens the process to non-standard methods
of operation.
This story reminded me of the recent demonstration of hacking into
driver-less cars. The author poses the question; what would happen if someone
hacked into the propulsion systems of an inbound asteroid and changed its
course?
This was an excellent story.
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