Asteroid mining is becoming an increasingly viable industry, with significant advancements in technology and growing market interest in 2025. Companies like AstroForge are at the forefront of this space race, launching missions such as the ODIN spacecraft to test mining technologies. The market is projected to expand from $1.68 billion in 2024 to $2.07 billion in 2025, drawing attention from investors eager to capitalize on space resources.

At Space Investments, we see the future of space through the lens of a modern Silk Road — not through deserts and oceans, but across orbits, planets, and asteroids. There’s real, measurable value scattered throughout the solar system — from rare metals in asteroids to energy sources on the Moon — and for the first time, the tech is catching up to the ambition.

SpaceX’s Starship isn’t just a rocket. It’s a macroeconomic disruptor engineered to make space commercially inevitable. If the company’s cost targets are met — $10 million per launch and $10–20/kg to orbit — Starship could lower the barrier to space so dramatically that entire industries, once stranded on Earth by physics and finance, may lift off.