Unlike space debris, the prospects and challenges of space tourism, moon bases and asteroid mining seem far off, both in terms of technology and investment.

One day, contact was lost suddenly from an asteroid mining station.

Though the asteroid mining has been criticized as too tedious and time-consuming, the battle sequences and graphics have received praise.

Asteroid mining has the potential to provide the world with an unlimited resource of materials, which could eliminate scarcity for those materials.

Asteroid mining will become more viable when fixed costs lower due to development in infrastructure.