[Rockhounds] Asteroid miners could use Earth’s atmosphere to catch asteroids

[Paul]

Asteroid miners could use Earth’s atmosphere to
catch space rocks By Joshua Rapp, Science, Aug. 29, 2018
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/asteroid-miners-could-use-earth-s-atmosphere-catch-space-rocks

I love the caption to the article's illustration.

" Engineers have come up with a plan to purposefully
steer asteroids into Earth’s atmosphere and mine them
for resources in orbit. What could possibly go wrong?"

Other asteroid-related articles are:

Several near-Earth asteroids buzz by our neighborhood
in the same week, Eric Mac, Cnet, September 10, 2018
https://www.cnet.com/news/several-near-earth-asteroids-buzz-by-our-neighborhood-in-the-same-week/

and

America Isn't Ready to Handle a Catastrophic Asteroid
Impact, New Report Warns by Ryan F. Mandelbaum< Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/america-isnt-ready-to-handle-a-catastrophic-asteroid-im-1827014709

Yours,

Paul H.