Asteroid mining

Asteroid mining - Asteroid mining will open a trillion-dollar industry and provide a near infinite supply of metals and water to support our growth both on this planet and off. (infographics) Imgur

The topic of space resources and asteroid mining seems to come up more often these days. I wanted to explore what mining an asteroid might look like. How would a machine harvest and separate valuable materials in space? My illustrations imagine a set of excavators that funnel the materials in, and an inflatable debris shield that also helps gather the smaller particles. Constructed in many modular sections, this spacecraft would have a rotating habitat ring providing artificial gravity for…

An uncharted world in outer space that could be made from iron, nickel and gold is about to be explored by a NASA mission in 2022.

a concept piece about a asteroid mining probe collecting sample. If suitable minerals are found, a bigger machinery will be send

Asteroid mining station.

An image I did for Kevin Jick's Environment Design course over at Art Train. The project is actually a continuation of the project I was doing alongside my students on my Hard Surface course at Art Train as well. There's a few more assets in the pipeline for this, it's been a really fun project!

Asteroid Day artwork done for Prosperous Universe. Prospector spacecrafts gathering samples from a large asteroid, for potential future resource exploitation. To learn more about the game and follow the development, feel free to visit: http://prosperousuniverse.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ProsperousUniverse/

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