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Asteroids
What "Armageddon" got right about space drilling, and what it (mostly) didn't
by
Molly Wood
Aug 16, 2018
Little about the 1998 blockbuster is true to life, but mining asteroids and comets is "humanity’s future, I’m pretty convinced of that," one expert says.
Asteroid mining and the new economics of outer space
by
Molly Wood
Sep 18, 2017
It sounds like science fiction, but companies are putting real work into finding metals floating around on frozen rocks.