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by andsoitis 545 days ago
> a lot more resources open up. Mining asteroids is just one idea there

We should certainly explore and hope to discover rich deposits of varied resources that are worth expending the time and energy to find, extract, and use. However, to our knowledge, asteroids probably consist of clay and silicate rocks, some containing nickel-iron[1]

[1] https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/asteroids/facts/

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Hopefully we know more about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Psyche by 2029.