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NASA On Mining Extraterrestrial Sources

Posted by Hemos on from the into-space dept.

FortKnox writes "Looks like something from the game "Homeworld", but NASA discusses mining ore from planets/asteroids or any other source of "Cosmic Dirt"." I remember debating this idea in high school debate - it's a wonderful idea.

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  1. Recent IEEE Spectrum article on Asteroid Mining by orac2 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I'm some shameless self promotion, /. reader's may be interested to read this article by Mark Ingebretson in August's issue IEEE Spectrum on the topic - he talks about how water, not metal, is the most likely first choice for a mining economy.

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