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World Service,2 mins

Mining asteroids: science fiction or fact?

Newsday

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The government of Luxembourg has announced a plan to become a European hub in the exploration of space resources - specifically asteroid mining. Could this be the future of the space industry? Chris Lewicki is president of the commercial asteroid mining company Planetary Resources. (Photo: Could asteroids be a source of mineral resources? Credit: SpaceResources.lu)

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