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Here is how metal-eating bacteria may make asteroid mining profitable

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2015 | 5:31 pm Base Metals Battery Metals Energy Precious Metals China Europe Copper Diamond Gold Iron Ore Lead Nickel Palladium Platinum Rare Earth Silver Uranium Zinc 

[caption id="attachment_816376" align="alignright" width="540"] Image by MarcelClemens|Shutterstock.com[/caption] Start-up Deep Space Industries, one of the two main firms planning to mine asteroids, comets and even the moon, is studying the feasibility of injecting bioengineered microbes into targeted celestial bodies, to get a...

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