Asteroid Mining: Possible, Not Profitable Yet

What if the next gold rush… isn’t on Earth, but drifting through space?

Some asteroids contain water, metals, even rare elements like platinum.

A recent scientific study asked a serious question: Can we actually mine them?

The answer is surprising. Technically — yes. Economically — not yet. Extracting water

could fuel spacecraft, provide oxygen, and support deep-space missions. But launching machines,

mining in microgravity, and processing material in space is incredibly difficult. So asteroid mining

isn’t science fiction. It’s science… waiting for infrastructure. Space isn’t poor in resources.

It’s just expensive. But here’s the real question: If we ever extract water from an asteroid…