
newsOctober 6, 2025
Asteroid Mining: Science Fiction Becoming Business Reality
Asteroid mining is real: OSIRIS-REx returned 121g of Bennu in 2023, AstroForge is launching, and Psyche targets a metal world. The economics behind $100T

Asteroid mining is real: OSIRIS-REx returned 121g of Bennu in 2023, AstroForge is launching, and Psyche targets a metal world. The economics behind $100T

Nobody owns the Moon, but the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, Artemis Accords and China's ILRS are rewriting lunar property rights as mining water ice becomes a real business.