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

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This is great news, vision and ambition like this will always bring rewards and who knows what we will learn, keep up the good work! Could do with a better name though, maybe Space Venture or something more catchy... answers on a postcard. The only thing I am saddened by is the negative responses to this story.

Posted date

26 Apr 2012

Posted time

1:26 am

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