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The asteroid mining industry would be incredibly profitable ... is the upfront cost of developing the technology. The companies Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries both claimed in ...

"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for our next mission, Vestri, which will ...

(This is a concept that’s spoken about not just in planetary defense circles, but in asteroid capture and mining discussions.) Such a program would require many years, perhaps decades ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining in space with the first ... dock on the company’s target near-Earth asteroid, whose identity remains unknown.