Tag: asteroid mining
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Cold War treaties aren’t sufficient for the era of asteroid mining
Why did I, a physics/astronomy journalist, write about asteroids for a deep-sea mining trade magazine? Read on! Oh yes, and pledge to my book of science comics with Maki Naro, Who Owns an Asteroid? [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the…
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Asteroids, Mars, and a vision for space beyond colonialism
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Who owns an asteroid? Celestial bodies like Bennu could help us tell Earth’s origin story. Or they could be strip-mined for resources Discussions around space travel are saturated in…
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Don’t pull up stakes for the asteroid-mining gold rush
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Is Space Becoming a Gold Mine? A new law grants private companies ownership over the materials they extract from asteroids or the Moon. But don’t call it a gold…
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