Are we on the verge of mining metals from the asteroids above Earth?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...
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Asteroid Mining Gives Companies Hope in the Search for Rare Metals
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...
The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...
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Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — 'the chance of talking with Odin is minimal'
Private Odin asteroid probe is tumbling in space Odin was supposed to ... Eventually, AstroForge plans to mine 2022 OB5 and other space rocks, extracting valuable resources such as platinum-group ...
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Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
Clearly, if we are going to routinely explore many of the PHA (and even prospect them for asteroid mining), this will have to be done with small spacecraft, and YR4 provides an opportunity to ...
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How "asteroid detectives" are protecting Earth from potentially dangerous impacts: "Find them before they find you"
Recently, NASA was tracking a large asteroid flying past Earth known as the so-called "city killer." "This one got a lot of attention because it rose to a threat level that we just have not seen ...
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Mining
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us. There are plans to create ...
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Are we on the verge of mining metals from space?
As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies floating ...