Asteroid mining crazy? So is deep-sea drilling
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
A newly unveiled firm's asteroid-mining plans may be ambitious, but they're not any crazier than some extractive operations already under way here on Earth, company officials say.
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