"FireFly" spaceships to begin exploring asteroids in 2015 - 2 views
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brandonprice94 on 23 Jan 13Asteroid-mining company Deep Space Industries has just announced plans to launch a fleet of "FireFly" spacecraft as soon as 2015. Their mission? Find asteroids, rich with valuable metals, that could aid in humanity's colonization of space.
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kdarrington342 on 24 Jan 13I think it's really cool that they're taking the next step, and figuring out how they could possibly sustain life in space.
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Mallory Huggins on 24 Jan 13It will be interesting to see if Deep Space succeeds in mining asteroids. I think it's a great idea, but I would like to know how long they project it will take to mine materials and bring them back to Earth.