Company unveils plan to mine asteroids for riches
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 12:50
in Mathematics & Economics
Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron goes as planned.
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