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I think it's a really fascinating area. will it be economic to bring back a large fragment of an asteroid that is very metal rich, say? will it make more economic sense to recycle and reuse or have a new mine on earth? it could take decades before anyone successfully pulls off asteroid mining — which, considering there are only a few protections in place for the preservation of space, means that hungry pioneers might end up further exploiting our natural world for profit. of course, not all space research is about what we bring back from the beyond. as more and more of us head up there, paul...

Looking at doing is going to an asteroid, landing on it, taking samples and then bringing them back. yes, we're going asteroid mining! and these are the concept designs for machines that could one day be part of a new gold rush — well, actually, platinum rush — that could potentially be worth quintillions of pounds. and this is the first part of that robot, the claw that stops it from floating away from the asteroid by gripping onto the surface — hard. the grippers they use are essentially derived from things like gecko pads and if you look at the ends of tarantula's feet, the hairs that...

The asteroid belt is this ring of bits and bobs that orbits the sun further out than mars, but that's not where all the asteroids are. if we fly back towards the sun, past mars, you will find some asteroids a lot closer to earth. and one of those is called ryugu, and that's the one that all the fuss was about. back in 2018, we visited the japanese space agency, jaxa, to meet the team behind hayabusa2. this audacious mission successfully flew to ryugu, blew a hole in it, and brought samples back to earth. so, we thought before the landing that it was one sort of asteroid, but now we've actually...

Mission successfully flew to ryugu, blew a hole in it, and brought samples back to earth. so we thought before the landing that it was one sort of asteroid, but now we have actually started analysing it, we realise it's actually experienced an awful lot of alteration with water. and as we know, water could mean life. but what does professor bridges think about commercial asteroid mining? i think it's a really fascinating area. will it be economic to bring back a large fragment of an asteroid, that is very metal rich, say? or will it make more economic sense to recycle and reuse or have a new m...

And one of those is called ryugu, and that's the one that all the fuss was about. back in 2018, we visited the japanese space agency, jaxa, to meet the team behind hayabusa2. this audacious mission successfully flew to ryugu, blew a hole in it, and brought samples back to earth. so, we thought before the landing that it was one sort of asteroid, but now we've actually started analysing it, we realise it's actually experienced an awful lot of alteration with water. and, as we know, water could mean life. but what does professor bridges think about commercial asteroid mining? i think it's a real...