Company Announces Asteroid Mining Plans

[sinvraal]

There's been muttering and rumor-mongering about this, but as of today it's official- the private company Planetary Resources is setting plans in motion to begin asteroid mining operations.

This sounds a little insane... but it's backed by some impressive names and know-how. From the Bad Astronomy blog:

"The company had a pretty fierce amount of

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[phiredrops]

Oooo, this reminds me of a TED Talk. I really hope this happens!