We are going to start off with asteroids because they offer the highest potential reward and also the highest level of complication

We are going to cover 3 flavors of space mining today , asteroids, the moon and other planets, namely Mars .

Asteroids offer the highest potential reward and the highest level of complication.

Not every asteroid is inherently valuable, but in terms of resources, they're a mixed bag.

Even with a confirmed jackpot on our hands, reaching these asteroids will be incredibly difficult.

Asteroids are more like flying piles of rubble all stuck together by a weak force of gravity.

Asteroids generally aren't even solid. They're more like the Roombas of the solar system.

Mining on a closer, more familiar body like our own moon is going to be a lot more practical than an asteroid.

The Moon is also covered in water, but it's likely common in the shadowy bottoms of craters around the South Pole .

It costs about $10,000 to put 1 kilogram of mass into low earth orbit, so that means if we can produce drinkable water on the moon for anything less than 10 grand per kilo, then moon water becomes more economical than launching it off the earth .

Mining on Mars is probably the most cost effective and most vital.