Though, working peripherally to the mining biz, I can tell you it is a highly price-conscious one, and space mining is going to be very expensive for a while. We'll see how that all, um, pans out.
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Google-Backed Asteroid Mining Venture Attracts Billionaires
Planetary Resources Inc., an asteroid-mining venture backed by Google Inc. executives, said it added more billionaire investors and is nearing a partnership agreement with a “top-10” mining company.
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Giant harpoons fired into the asteroids from the moon. Call it spearfishing. We'll rake it in, I tell ya.
FROM THE MOOOOOOON