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Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, It's Off to the Asteroid Mines We Go?
2013-08-14 01:45:28| TechNewsWorld
Researchers in the UK recently identified 12 small asteroids close enough to Earth to be used in mining operations that could begin as early as 2021. The research was part of a larger effort by both private and public institutions to learn more about the potential for tapping into asteroids that could contain large deposits of valuable resources including platinum, iron-nickel ore or gold.
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