Ian Webster – Mining In Space



2013, Science & Technology, Space
Presented By: Ian Webster

Computer scientist Ian Webster put his mind to something unusual – resources in space. In this talk, he discusses Asterank, the database he built that ranks asteroids and space materials in order of their profitability. Not bad for a 23-year-old!

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