Mining Ceres: Using Ceres as a Resource Hub to Pave the Way for Expansion across the Solar System

An overview of a May 2025 conference paper detailing a technical framework for scalable resource extraction and transportation from Ceres. This video provides an non-technical overview, the link to the full paper is in the video description.

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00:00 Intro
02:42 Ceres: A Key Resource Hub for Space Exploration
03:31 The Space Elevator Idea
07:02 Turning Water into Rocket Fuel
08:56 Mining Water on Ceres
09:57 Powering the Ceres Mining Operation
12:22 Challenges
14:28 Final Thoughts
15:23 Outro

Sources:

Using a Space Elevator to Mine Water Ice from Ceres: https://phys.org/news/2025-06-space-elevator-ceres.html

SE Integration on Ceres: A Technical Framework for Scalable Resource Extraction and Transport: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391807327_SE_Integration_on_Ceres_A_Technical_Framework_for_Scalable_Resource_Extraction_and_Transport

Planet Sail (Marlow ropes): https://youtu.be/oP4mMUjY8IM?si=YmnDdF1mRAPZ7w6u