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Telescopes and space missions

Telescopes and space missions

The asteroid trillionaires

(Courtesy: Detlev van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library)
11 Jun 2018
Taken from the June 2018 issue of Physics World

The race to the riches of asteroids is on, with several private companies vying for funding to become the first space miners. Andrew Glester digs into the issues involved in making money from asteroids

“I’ll make a prediction right now. The first trillionaire will be made in space.” So said Texa

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Andrew Glester is the host of the Physics World Stories podcast and the Cosmic Shed podcast, which explores the way science and storytelling collide. He is also the co-ordinator of the Space Universities Network, @astrondrew
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