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Tikki

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1. Thar' be gold (or whatever) to be mined in Asteroids...Go Up, Young Man.

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Sat Sep 25, 2021, 01:47 PM

Sep 2021

There’s Big Money to Be Made in Asteroid Mining.
Published 5 years ago on November 2, 2016
By Jeff Desjardins

If humans were ever able to get their hands on just one asteroid, it would be a game-changer.

That’s because the value of many asteroids are measured in the quintillions of dollars, which makes the market for Earth’s annual production of raw metals – about $660 billion per year – look paltry in comparison.

more at link.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/theres-big-money-made-asteroid-mining/

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Thar' be gold (or whatever) to be mined in Asteroids...Go Up, Young Man. Tikki Sep 2021 #1