planetary resources
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Asteroid Mining Might Just Work, If Only We Can Land on the Dang Things
The Rosetta mission’s Philae lander descended toward the 4km-wide comet at a human’s walking pace. For seven tense hours, scientists in Darmstadt, Germany monitored its radio signal. They would have no idea whether they’d done everything correctly until after the moment of touchdown. If all went well, the lander would press two harpoons into the…
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Here’s Your Chance To Become One Of The First Asteroid Prospectors
It was just over a year ago, back in April 2012, that we first learned the intentions of a company known as Planetary Resources: asteroid mining. As in going into space, finding an asteroid that’s not-too-far from Earth, and mining it for precious minerals and/or water which could be used as space-fuel for other missions.…
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How The Space Miners Will Bring Trillions Of Dollars To Earth
A group of billionaires and former NASA scientists is now unveiling the first asteroid mining company in history. They claim they will “add trillions of dollars to the global GDP” and “help ensure humanity’s prosperity” by mining asteroids for rare metals like gold and platinum.
