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Asteroid mining: disaster movie, or the shape of things to come?

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It's all rather gltizy, but there's nothing wrong with having long-term ambitions. Western governments are pretty much out of the manned space travel business, so it is time for the private sector (and, therefore, folk with very deep pockets) to give it a go. Virgin Galactic has yet to come up with a workable flying rocket-motor after how many years? They're all going to discover just how difficult and unpredictable these ventures are.

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25 Apr 2012

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1:12 pm

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