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brandonprice94

"FireFly" spaceships to begin exploring asteroids in 2015 - 2 views

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science asteroids mining minerals space

shared by brandonprice94 on 23 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • brandonprice94 on 23 Jan 13
     
    Asteroid-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.
  • kdarrington342 on 24 Jan 13
     
    I think it's really cool that they're taking the next step, and figuring out how they could possibly sustain life in space.
  • Mallory Huggins on 24 Jan 13
     
    It 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.
claireboes

Study: Largest ever asteroid impact found in Australia - CNN.com - 6 views

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shared by claireboes on 27 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • claireboes on 27 Mar 15
     
    The devastating event took place on our planet many millions of years ago, but researchers are only now beginning to discover what happened. In a remote part of Central Australia, the two pieces of asteroid left what geophysicists say is the largest impact zone ever found on Earth, spreading over an area 400 kilometers (250 miles) wide.
  • jesse_lorenzen on 27 Mar 15
     
    Researchers are unable to find sediment layers in rocks that match debris from this time zone, which they were able to do for the asteroid that is theorized to wipe out the dinosaurs.
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