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They're Actually Going to Mine an Asteroid | Astroforge

  • Stephen McBride
  • Jul 28
  • 1 min read
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Matt Gialich is exactly the kind of innovator this show exists for.

 

His startup AstroForge is trying to do something no company has ever pulled off: land on an asteroid millions of miles away, mine platinum metals worth tens of millions of dollars … and bring refined ore back home to Earth safely.

 

Talk to Matt for five minutes, and you’ll understand why founders like him are the ones who end up building the future.

 

In our interview, we discuss:

 

  • The real math behind space mining.

  • How China may have a lead on the US.

  • Why NASA is mainly a “jobs program.”

  • What the “platinum age” could unlock.

  • Matt’s case for orbital data centers.


—Stephen McBride

 

Stephen McBride is a co-founder of the Rational Optimist Society.


 
 
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