Asteroid mining 1. What is Asteroid mining? 2. Where we are gonna find them? 3. What types of asteroid contains what? 4. What are the purposes?

1. Asteroid
Mining
Kazi Mainul Islam
Reg. no: 2013135013
Department of Geography and Environment,
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.

2. Asteroid mining is the exploitation
of raw materials from asteroids
and other minor planets, including
near-Earth objects

4. Types of Asteroid
C-Type Asteroid
S-Type Asteroid
M-Type Asteroid

5. Purposes of Mining an Asteroid
1. Outer Space Resources
2. Making Space Travel Cheap

6. Rare Minerals

7. 130,000,000,000 $
Platinum
130
19.3
Platinum in Asteroid NASA's Annual Budget
Comparison
in Billion US$
95
14
84
147
84
35
4
22
30
17
RYUGU 198 ML DIDYMOS 2001 CC21 1992 TC
Potential Target and Estimated Profit from in Billion US$
Est. Value Est. Profit

8. Water Oxygen Rocket Fuel
Metal

9. PROX DMP 320