Can we mine minerals from asteriods? First attempt this week
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AstroForge is launching a commercial asteroid mining mission using its robotic spacecraft Odin to explore Asteroid 2022 OB5. The mission aims to photograph the asteroid, believed to contain 117,000 tons of platinum, from a distance of 1 kilometer to assess its density and metallic content for potential future mining operations.
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