Asteroids contain staggering riches and seemingly endless sources of minerals, propellants, water and oxygen that could fuel deep space commerce, enable settlement, and help make Earth both far wealthier and far greener. Unfortunately, near Earth space is becoming more dangerous due to the threat from orbital debris, which wreak havoc on operational satellites and threaten to make some orbits inaccessible.

Berin Szoka (moderator)
Senior Fellow, Progress and Freedom Foundation
Joe Carroll
Tether Applications, Inc
A.C. Charania
President, SpaceWorks Commerical
Bob Werb
Founder, Space Frontier Foundation
Dennis Wingo
Founder, Skycorp, Inc., CTO, Orbital Recovery Corporation