A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
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TransAstra plans to capture a house-sized asteroid using a large bag and relocate it to a processing facility near Earth, where it would become a base for mining water and minerals needed for future space missions. An unnamed customer is funding a feasibility study to be completed by May, with the mission potentially launching by 2028 to target one of 250 suitable asteroids.
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