So when does the mining operation start?
The glint on the surface that they picked up a few days ago almost certainly had to be a reflection from ice unless it was a Cerean with a signal mirror. If there is lots of water/ice on that planet/asteroid/whatever, it might be the most valuable piece of real estate other than the Earth itself in the solar system. Plop a nuclear power plant on the planet, make hydrogen/oxygen, make rocket fuel and air.