Let’s Lasso Us Some Space Rocks: Asteroid Mining And You

[AmateurPolymath]

1. Well...

That's certainly interesting and enlightening for most of us, who's lives won't be affected in any way by this new space industry. Some billionaire space titan is probably jizzing his pants over how much money he'll get in contracts. Honestly, unless these kinds of discoveries improve our lives at home in any way, I don't think space exploration benefits us much at the moment. It'll bring a few high-paying engineering jobs, at the very least. The Cold War space race, contrary to popular belief, did not have the support of most Americans, who saw it as a sinkhole and a giveaway to contractors. Still, government-funded projects during the Cold War brought forth many things we today take for granted, such as GPS. Even if these discoveries don't give us much in return, they're a better use of federal money than tax credits on obsolete energy sources like oil.