Times of India Gold rush in space? Asteroid miners prepare, but eye water firstReutersWithin three years, two firms plan prospecting missions to passing asteroids. When even a modest space rock might meet demand for metals like platinum or gold for…
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Astronomers defend asteroid warning mix-up – space – 13 November 2007 – New Scientist
Astronomers defend asteroid warning mix-up – space – 13 November 2007 – New Scientist. …”Astronomers have defended a system intended to spot impending asteroid impacts after it mistook the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft for an incoming rock and issued…