Is the future of mining not underground … but off-planet? 

In this interstellar episode of STEM to Stern, Chauntée and Dr. Jake dig into the possibilities of asteroid mining (cue the seven dwarves’ song). From platinum and gold floating in the asteroid belt to the very real science of towing space rocks into Earth’s orbit, they explore how space might solve one of Earth’s oldest resource problems.

You’ll hear:

• Why it's so hard (and risky) to mine deep underground on Earth

• How asteroid mining could crash the price of precious metals

• Whether a space elevator is sci-fi or just really smart engineering

• Jake's qualifications as a future space miner (hint: totally qualified through Minecraft)

• And Chauntée’s dream of mining... as long as she’s not first

Would you trust humanity to tug an asteroid into orbit?  And would you ever become a space miner?

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