Resources in space
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The book Mining the Sky 
by John S. Lewis explains in some detail what abundant resources are available in our solar system, even in near-Earth orbits. For example, the near-Earth asteroid (6178) 1986 DA contains 10,000 tons of gold, 100,000 tons of platinum, 10 billion tons of iron and a billion tons of nickel.
See solar power satellite and solar furnace for harnessing the energy of the sun in space.
See also
- Fundamental resources (on Earth)
