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Space mining has the potential to completely reshape the global economy by giving humanity access to enormous amounts of valuable resources found on asteroids and the Moon. These resources include precious metals, rare earth elements, and possible future energy sources like helium-3. With such abundance, industries that rely on expensive materials could become cheaper and more advanced, leading to major technological and industrial growth. At the same time, space mining could disrupt Earth’s existing economies. Countries that currently depend on exporting rare minerals may lose economic power if resources from space become widely available. Meanwhile, nations and companies capable of mining space resources could gain massive influence and wealth, creating a new “space industry” centered around spacecraft, robotics, orbital infrastructure, and off-world industry. The rise of space mining would also bring major geopolitical and legal challenges, including questions about who owns resources in space and whether competition over them could cause conflict. Although the technology is still expensive and difficult, many experts believe space mining could eventually transform civilization from a planet-based economy into a solar-system economy, changing global power and industry forever.