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Rocket explosion a fresh blow to asteroid mining ambitions

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2015 | 4:55 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Diamond Gold Iron Ore Lead Nickel Palladium Platinum Silver Zinc 

[caption id="attachment_827900" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Image via @NASA.[/caption] (*) New: Scroll down to read Planetary Resources' response to this article. When an unmanned SpaceX rocket carrying cargo to the International Space Station disintegrated over the Florida coast just two minutes after lift-off...

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