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Robots, Platinum, and Tiny Space Telescopes: The Pitch for Mining Asteroids

Robots, Platinum, and Tiny Space Telescopes: The Pitch for Mining Asteroids | Science News | Scoop.it

A company's plan to harvest off-world minerals is wild and exciting, but could its real promise lie in helping space science regain its footing, i.e. funding?


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Asteroid mining: how it might work – interactive

Asteroid mining: how it might work – interactive | Science News | Scoop.it
A group of tycoons including Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt have joined the Avatar director James Cameron in a scheme to mine valuable metals and water from asteroids that routinely pass the Earth...
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