Corrected: Tech billionaires bankroll gold rush to mine asteroids
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Google Inc executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt are among those bankrolling a venture to survey and eventually extract precious metals and rare minerals from asteroids that orbit near Earth, the company said on Tuesday.
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