Yes indeed. Asteroid miners have been a mainstay of science fiction for a long long time now. A lot of times in the stories they are looking for particular rare metals, but in fact for general usefulness just plain iron is extremely valuable for construction. There are obviously other metals in there and so the asteroids will be prime hunting ground for space mining. And aside from metals, ice will also be valuable so that the miners will have water.

The meteor strike that killed off the dinosaurs was detected in part because there was a thin geological layer that was enriched with, I believe, iridium. So there are plenty of metals out there.

Bill Gill


C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.