Unlimited Resources From Space – Asteroid Mining
Getting rare materials from the ground into your phone is ugly. The mining industry is responsible for air and water pollution and the destruction of entire landscapes. But what if we could replace the mining industry on Earth with a clean process that can’t harm anyone? Well, we can. All we need to do is look up.
One big problem I could foresee from this is the militarization of space
The time between when the minerals hit the ground and when they’re shot off the asteroids, they’re very vulnerable and extremely valuable
That could lead to piracy
Which could lead to either private armies defending those rockets or nations building some kind of genuine military force in space to defend them
It could even lead to something similar to the 16-17th century golden age of piracy where competing nations have legally sanctioned privateers go up and take these minerals for themselves; theoretically it could all be done remotely too
