In CNBC's video they showed in all of their examples of spacing mining humans (or human technology) traveling to the asteroids to mine them their current location and bring the mined materials back, and they explained by this isn't economically viable right now.

However, I always imagined that we would mine asteroids by pushing them much closer to Earth, pushing small asteroids directly to earth to be slashed down in a convenient ocean location, or for large asteroids, having them pushed close enough to earth to lock into orbit like another moon.

Could someone explain to me if any of my ideas are even possible or if I simply don't understand the science well enough?

I just finished Seveneves, what else would you recommend?

im doing a school project on asteroid mining and i am really confused about some topics-

1.1 Location of the project

1.1 Docking and Thrusting

Growth n Economy & Business

these are the topicsit will be very helpful for me if someone can help me with these as i have a few days left to complete it

I'm an undergrad studying mechanical engineering and want to work in asteroid mining or something similar like general ISRU and space infrastructure. What companies are the most promising and would be good to work for in this field?

I'm also looking at grad school. If anyone has advice on where to go that is doing interesting research on the subject, that would be awesome!

Thank you!

I have been playing around with chatGPT asking questions in this regard and two important questions that I asked:

1. How far into the surface would you need to go to experience 1g gravity?
2. What limitations are preventing us from mining deeper into the planet?

For the first question, concerning the Moon and Mars. For the Moon you'd need to go as far as 980 miles into the Moon to get to a point where you'll experience 1G gravity and almost 3000 miles into Mars for the same.

For the second question, it was in regards to Earth and aside from obvious things like heat and pressure there is also the fact you have to contend with driling through hard materials like besalt and granite. Nevermind the cost and complexity of getting the equipment into space in the first place, what advances are being made to even let you go that far and farther?

At the very least I think that when we start settling space we are going to colonize the Moon as a starting point and as a launchpad for other colonies. I also think that when we colonize the belt we will need fuel for ships coming and going from the Belt to the Earth and any colonies in the Belt will need water to support the colonists there. So with all that in mind which planets and moons should be colonized to optimize the efficiency and profitability of the asteroid mining industry?