this is an email that I received from Michael Bazzocci a scientist at the university of Toronto that studies outer space mining.


Hi Sophia!

Thank you for your well written and detailed email! I'm glad you reached out to me because your project is literally the focus of much of my research. 

It seems like you have quite the project ahead of you! I have attached a couple interesting websites that might help you get started:

- http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ (NASA -- there are more NASA/ESA sites I can send you if you are interested)

- http://deepspaceindustries.com/  (Private company)

- http://www.shackletonenergy.com/ (Private company)

- http://www.planetaryresources.com/ (Private company)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_mining (Pretty good overview of the main themes)

You are more than welcome to send me a list of questions or give me a phone call, also, considering that you also need to build a model, you are welcome to visit my lab at the University of Toronto to get some ideas. While we don't have much space mining equipment (most of my research is conceptual and theoretical, less experimental), we do have a few robots, wind tunnels, and a flight simulator.

Good luck with your project and I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Michael