Thursday, July 23, 2015

This Spacecraft Will Hunt the Solar System for Asteroids to Mine

Many components in your phones and batteries are made with “rare Earth metals.” You know why they call them that? Because they are actually rare on Earth, and we’re going to run out. But they’re not rare in space. Which is why today a company launched the prototype for a vehicle that will search for asteroids to mine beyond Earth.

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