Report Includes:
- An overview of the emerging market potential for asteroid mining and a description of the current market conditions and recent developments in the space industry
- Basic concept of asteroid mining and look at the future for space mining
- Coverage of new ideas and technologies in asteroid mining for extracting the resources from the near-earth objects (NEOs)
- A look at the various projects and plans designed and implemented by the companies
- Insights into investments for the research and development for spacecraft and companies launching spacecraft on the asteroid
- Snapshot of the recent space missions to asteroids as well as the asteroid nearby approaches
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Asteroid Mining: The Next Frontier in Space
- Reasons for Doing This Study
- Intended Audience
- Summary
- Recent Missions
- What Industry Experts Say
- Overview of Asteroids
- Types of Asteroids
- Asteroid Mining
- Asteroid Composition and Solidity
- Technology and Mission Discussion
- Human Factors
- Environmental Factors
- Societal Factors
- Legal Factors
- Space Administration
- Business Factors
- Investments in the Space Industry
- Market Potential
- Entities Involved in Space Technology, Especially Asteroid Mining
- Private Companies
- Public Agencies
- Analyst's Credentials
List of Tables
Table 1: Asteroid Mining: Estimated Market Potential, 2018
Table 2: Asteroid Mining: Estimated Market Potential, by Distance (AU), 2018
Table 3: Top Five Asteroids, by Estimated Market Potential, 2018
Table 4: Estimated Market Potential of Asteroid Ryugu, 2018
Table 5: Estimated Market Potential of Asteroid Bennu, 2018
Table 6: Asteroid Mining, by Investment Type, 2000-2017
List of Figures
Figure 1: Touchdown Image on Asteroid Ryugu, Hayabusa 2 Mission
Figure 2: Graphical Representation of Small Robotic Explorers for the Hayabusa 2 Mission
Figure 3: Graphical Representation of the Concept of Spacecraft Landing on an Asteroid for Mining
Figure 4: NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission: Graphical Representation of the Mission Concept
Figure 5: Sample Representation of Asteroid Mining Market Potential
Figure 6: Shares of Estimated Asteroid Concentration Based on Distance (0-2 AU), 2018
Companies Mentioned
- NASA
