Wednesday, May 06, 2015

The 21st century gold rush

Will this be the 21st century gold rush? Mike Wall writes at Space.com,
The nascent asteroid-mining industry is set to take its first steps into space this summer.

Planetary Resources' Arkyd-3R probe currently sits aboard the International Space Station and is scheduled to be deployed sometime in July, representatives of the Washington-based asteroid-mining company have said.
Read more here.

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