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Ignored Orbital Metric in Asteroid Mining

The article highlights an overlooked metric in asteroid mining that could impact the feasibility of capturing and utilizing near-Earth asteroids. The author spent three years mapping the logistical physics of near-Earth asteroids, suggesting a deeper investigation is needed into the challenges of asteroid mining. This ignored metric could be a bottleneck in realizing the trillion-dollar potential of asteroid mining.

Futurism & Emerging Fields, Space Studies, Space Mining