Is NASA Mining Asteroids ? We Asked A NASA Expert

Is NASA Mining Asteroids? Asteroid mining is not a technology that NASA is pursuing. We are, however, interested in asteroid science. Lindy Elkins-Tanton discusses the importance of studying asteroids and how the science gained from related missions could one day benefit future humans in cosmic mining and resource endeavors.

What is said in the film

0:00:00. 135,0:00:03. 136 Is NASA mining asteroids? 0:00:03. 336,0:00:05.

238 We asked a NASA scientist. 0:00:05. 672,0:00:08. 208 No, NASA is not mining asteroids. 0:00:08.

241,0:00:11. 277 The technologies for mining asteroids are not well developed. 0:00:11. 511,0:00:13. 346 We actually can't really mine asteroids yet, 0:00:13.

346,0:00:14. 914 although many people are working on it — 0:00:14. 914,0:00:20. 520 private sector, people outside of NASA. What NASA is doing is fundamental science 0:00:20.

787,0:00:24. 691 research missions that go out to asteroids to try to understand more about them. 0:00:24. 691,0:00:28. 695 And they will help any eventual future efforts to mine asteroids.

0:00:28. 795,0:00:32. 165 And our NASA Psyche mission is an example of one of these missions. 0:00:32. 399,0:00:36.

770 We are going to visit an asteroid that we think is made largely of metal. 0:00:36. 970,0:00:40. 006 But from those pure science missions comes the information 0:00:40. 006,0:00:43.

309 that maybe in the distant future humans will be able to mine 0:00:43. 309,0:00:46. 012 asteroids and save some of the resources on Earth. 0:00:46. 346,0:00:48.

481 So is NASA's mining asteroids? 0:00:48. 481,0:00:51. 951 No, but NASA is doing the fundamental science of sending missions 0:00:51. 951,0:00:53.

853 to asteroids to understand what they're made of. 0:00:54. 454,0:00:57. 424 NASA. A NASA 360 Production.

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