Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth Asteroids—Why we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them
- Author
- Mat Kaplan
- Published
- Fri 02 Sep 2016
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/episode/space-policy-edition-4-near-earth-asteroids-why-we-go-how-we-find-them-and-maybe-mine-them--9324455
In honor of OSIRIS-REx—NASA’s newest asteroid mission—we explore the policy and history of near-Earth Objects: why NASA explores them, how the government plans to find and defending the planet, and the how policy can keep up with ambitious plans to mine asteroids.
