includes several top names. bill: how can this be done? >> it is bizarre. the key will be moving into the earth's atmosphere and mining them at a reasonable cost. the mining would be done and the concept is 25 feet long, 500 tons. dragging it back to the atmosphere and the mining would be done by another spacecraft perhaps using magnets. another challenge has been storing and processing the water and metals all robotically. then there's the issue of who owns the stuff in space. >> looking at the treaties, no one is really sure who owns what or if anyone owns anything. reporter: eberly is star wars meets the gold rush in outer space. it is pretty bizarre. bill: let's see if they can pull it off and then we will go make