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Asteroid Mining Will Crash the Platinum Market, But That’s Good News for Earth

Headline via Universe Today · first report 11 Nov, 22:36 IST, latest 12 Nov, 03:50 IST

The Persian Gulf at night, seen from the International Space Station
Representational image · The Persian Gulf at night, seen from the International Space Station · NASA / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

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2 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from Universe Today at 11 Nov, 22:36 IST; the latest is from Phys.org at 12 Nov, 03:50 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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Science fiction authors have been dreaming of robotic spacecraft harvesting fortunes from asteroids for decades. Humanity is slowly getting closer to that reality. But if you ask asteroid mining skeptics, they will usually ask one specific question - what…

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