Gamma Rays Can Show Us Which Asteroids Are Worth Mining
by The Daily Eye Team November 23 2015, 3:34 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 20 secsAn instrument built to take advantage of this ability could one day be common on space probes, and used to find what?s going on compositionally under the surface of an asteroid, planet, or moon. Such technology might also enable upstart asteroid mining companies to separate hefty asteroids full of precious minerals from the common debris of the solar system?s formation.