Umair Irfan

There are even companies that have sprung up to try to develop the technology to do this, and there was one company earlier this year that actually did launch a test spacecraft to try to see what the technology would be like to try to get to an asteroid and collect samples and bring them back.

Well, these are people who are thinking really big picture, really far into the future. Obviously, we have plenty of resources that we haven't fully exploited here on Earth, and the cost is really going to be exorbitant.

Well, these are people who are thinking really big picture, really far into the future. Obviously, we have plenty of resources that we haven't fully exploited here on Earth, and the cost is really going to be exorbitant.

Well, these are people who are thinking really big picture, really far into the future. Obviously, we have plenty of resources that we haven't fully exploited here on Earth, and the cost is really going to be exorbitant.

But the idea is that we're going to continue to need and consume critical minerals for a very long time, and eventually we will either exhaust the resources we have on Earth, or as we expand our footprint in space, we're going to need to find a way to get materials into space. And right now, getting any substance off of the Earth and into space is a really expensive proposition.

But the idea is that we're going to continue to need and consume critical minerals for a very long time, and eventually we will either exhaust the resources we have on Earth, or as we expand our footprint in space, we're going to need to find a way to get materials into space. And right now, getting any substance off of the Earth and into space is a really expensive proposition.

But the idea is that we're going to continue to need and consume critical minerals for a very long time, and eventually we will either exhaust the resources we have on Earth, or as we expand our footprint in space, we're going to need to find a way to get materials into space. And right now, getting any substance off of the Earth and into space is a really expensive proposition.

But if you want to potentially build, say, a lunar colony or a space station, it might make more sense to try drawing on materials that are already in space.

But if you want to potentially build, say, a lunar colony or a space station, it might make more sense to try drawing on materials that are already in space.

But if you want to potentially build, say, a lunar colony or a space station, it might make more sense to try drawing on materials that are already in space.

This is a very sci-fi idea, but it's definitely something that people are actually investing in now and are trying to lay the groundwork for because they think it's something we'll need 20, 30 years down the line. Now, there are some very scarce materials we could potentially be getting from asteroids that we might need.

This is a very sci-fi idea, but it's definitely something that people are actually investing in now and are trying to lay the groundwork for because they think it's something we'll need 20, 30 years down the line. Now, there are some very scarce materials we could potentially be getting from asteroids that we might need.

This is a very sci-fi idea, but it's definitely something that people are actually investing in now and are trying to lay the groundwork for because they think it's something we'll need 20, 30 years down the line. Now, there are some very scarce materials we could potentially be getting from asteroids that we might need.

So things like iridium that we typically find only in meteorite impacts on Earth. There might be more abundant in space. And so there are potentially things that we know about that are extremely rare that could be very valuable.

So things like iridium that we typically find only in meteorite impacts on Earth. There might be more abundant in space. And so there are potentially things that we know about that are extremely rare that could be very valuable.

So things like iridium that we typically find only in meteorite impacts on Earth. There might be more abundant in space. And so there are potentially things that we know about that are extremely rare that could be very valuable.

You know, some people have suggested that the world's first trillionaire will be an asteroid mining magnet. Because once you have opened the door to extracting this resource, there's so much there that you could potentially use and leverage.

You know, some people have suggested that the world's first trillionaire will be an asteroid mining magnet. Because once you have opened the door to extracting this resource, there's so much there that you could potentially use and leverage.

You know, some people have suggested that the world's first trillionaire will be an asteroid mining magnet. Because once you have opened the door to extracting this resource, there's so much there that you could potentially use and leverage.

There's a lot of room for improvement here in terms of how we use critical minerals now. First is efficiency, that we learn how to use less of the critical minerals for a given object or a