They say any publicity is good publicity, but… we could use better publicity:
interestingengineering.com/future-of-space/future-of-asteroid-mining-explained
Kaif Shaikh, 5 Nov The future of asteroid mining: Missions, resources, and challenges explained
Shaikh does a decent enough job- nothing we don’t already know in this field, and certainly nothing a proprietary company wants to keep proprietary. Still, if you don’t know what the 2024-25 state of play is in the asteroid mining business, have a look.
web.i2massociates.com/resources_detail.php?resource_id=14478
-, 11 Nov The Future of Asteroid Mining: Missions, Resources, and Challenges – 2025
Multiple orgs have done Shaikh the complement of scraping his content- I’ll give I2M Associates credit, they actually say “Shaikh” and give a link to the original source. There are no shortage of unethical orgs on the web that would simply have reposted the text as their own.
www.veronikawild.com/2024/11/lost-in-space-part-ii-new-space-race.html
Veronika Wild, Nov 13 Lost in Space – PART II: A New Space Race and New Challenges
Ms. Wild is writing from a more personal, less commercial viewpoint, but it’s a fair enough writing in the end. If I have any objection, it’s that the term “Race” implies racing that never occurs in the body of the post (or in the industry).