Asteroid mining: The race for space riches [feedly]

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Asteroid mining: The race for space riches
// Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine



There's gold in them thar asteroids – also iron, nickel, copper, and, most valuable of all, water. According to the proponents of asteroid mining, these space rocks are a virtual El Dorado in the sky with more obtainable minerals in the largest three than on the entire Earth. The question is, where exactly is all this wealth and how do you get it without going broke in the process?

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