Technology
This from of transportation is used for Asteroid Mining.
What are rockets/spaceships?
Asteroid Mining would create conflicts between countries without this.
What are Asteroid Mining Laws/Rules/Agreements?
Mining on Earth releases this into the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases/CO2?
These jobs would likely expand due to the need for specialists in robotics, space exploration, and resource extraction.
What is the aerospace or space mining industry?
What is sampling or mining?
This resource extracted from asteroids could be used as fuel for space exploration projects.
What is water?
Repeatedly mining out of the Earth prevents the planet from this.
What is replenishing resources?
Bringing extracted minerals back to Earth can cause this.
What is contamination/disease/pandemic?
This would be used to transfer extracted asteroid materials back to Earth.
What are Reusable Rockets or 3-D Printed Capsules?
There is a concern that asteroid mining could lead to this type of conflict between nations, especially if resources are not fairly shared.
What is war/militarization?
This issue could worsen if we mine in space.
What is space debris?
This kind of organization would oversee fair distribution of resources and create space mining laws.
What is a Space UN?
This device uses sunlight to heat up asteroid rock and extract gases.
What is a mirror?
This 1967 treaty states no nation can claim ownership of astronomical bodies.
What is the Outer Space Treaty?
This is the most greenhouse gas-producing mineral.
What is platinum?
The economy could either thrive or crash because of this.
What is an abundance of resources?
This breaks up dried rocks into dust and makes it easier to send minerals back to Earth in small quantities.
What are grinders?
Many fear that humans will exploit space resources and repeat this historical pattern of over-extraction and environmental harm.
What is colonialism?
One kilogram of this fuel produces 3 kilograms of CO2.
What is kerosene?
This tool calculates the potential worth of over 6,000 asteroids tracked by NASA.
What is Asterank?