Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth AsteroidsWhy we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them

Published: Sept. 2, 2016, 5 a.m.

In honor of OSIRIS-REx\u2014NASA\u2019s newest asteroid mission\u2014we explore the policy and history of near-Earth Objects: why NASA explores them, how the government plans to find and defending the planet, and the how policy can keep up with ambitious plans to mine asteroids.