After skimming this Worldbuilding SE answer, I wonder if any companies or space agencies have plans in place to mine Near Earth Objects(NEOs) in the future.
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1$\begingroup$ Worldbuilding SE is a questions and answers site. It is not a discussion forum. Please edit the question to ask one clear question. You may want to re-take the tour and possibly visit the help center again, in order to reinforce your acquaintance with the goals of this site. $\endgroup$– AlexPMay 17, 2021 at 21:30
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$\begingroup$ Do you mean, "are people doing it (or planning to do it) now?" - well there's lots of chatter on the internet about that, but I'm not sure I see the worldbuilding issue to solve here. $\endgroup$– Jiminy Cricket.May 18, 2021 at 0:19
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1$\begingroup$ I would suggest Space Exploration as a better home for this question. $\endgroup$– StephenGMay 18, 2021 at 0:21
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$\begingroup$ If possible, please move this question to space exploration... $\endgroup$– KavMay 18, 2021 at 1:45
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3$\begingroup$ The title asks 'how can we' and the body asks 'do we'...which is your question? $\endgroup$– Organic MarbleMay 18, 2021 at 4:08
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As a short list to get you started, check out Planetary Resources and Asteroid Mining Corporation, and Trans Astra.
I could swear I've heard Jeff Bezos talking about asteroid mining, but a quick search didn't return anything.
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1$\begingroup$ Planetary Resources is dead/MIA. As far as I can tell, what's left of the company/employees are now working on blockchain solutions for spacecraft and licensing their IP $\endgroup$ May 19, 2021 at 16:45
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2$\begingroup$ Not a lot going on now. But if SpaceX succeeds with Starship wait 20 years and interests, activities and prospects might be looking up. $\endgroup$– SlartyMay 20, 2021 at 13:26