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The prospect of mining asteroids may sound like science fiction, but that's exactly what the ambitious new company Planetary Resources, Inc. plans to do — and a recent study by NASA, university and ...

When I first spoke with space entrepreneurs Jose Acain and Matt Gialich a little more than two years ago, I wondered whether I would ever talk to them again. That is not meant to be offensive; rather, ...

AstroForge's attempt to launch the first commercial deep space mission fell apart shortly after liftoff. AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s ...

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Material harvested from asteroids could be used to sustain astronauts during long-duration space missions. Researchers from Western University's Institute for Earth and Space Exploration have ...