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Real Unmanned 'Firefly' Space Ship in the works!

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UPDATED: Thursday, January 24, 2013 17:40
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TECHTREKKER

Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:40 PM

New space startup company, Deep Space Industries, plans to send “FireFly” spacecraft to explore near-earth asteroids to see if they can mine them for resources. Several news releases on this:

http://mashable.com/2013/01/22/the-second-space-race-its-on/

http://www.geekosystem.com/deep-space-industries-asteroid-mining/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2414568,00.asp