CfA Astronomers Explore the Economic Realities of Mining an Asteroid
A new study from researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics explores the economic realities of mining an asteroid. Last month NASA held a forum…
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Billionaires and Futurists Plan Space Missions to Mine Asteroids for Metals
It’s been long thought, especially in science-fiction, that once Earth’s dwindling metallic resources dry up, the human race would look to the stars for precious…
Natural Gas Mining Could Leak Enough Methane, No Longer Considered as Clean
Natural gas, which is often perceived as a clean alternative to coal and oil, can be advantageous since it produces fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than other…