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‘Firefly’ Satellite To Survey Asteroids For Harvesting

Description:Imagine a place in time, where the most futuristic space station allows astronauts to draw power from the sun and grab resources mined from asteroids to create a totally self-sustaining way of life. A team of entrepreneurs and engineers unveiled plans on Tuesday (January 22) for just that, promising a space mining company that would tap nearby asteroids for hydrogen, oxygen, iron and nickel to fuel satellites and manufacture components in orbit. Deep Space Industries said its inaugural mission (2:21)

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