The tiny European country of Luxembourg announced that it will be funding research into the extraction of minerals from objects in space. The nation’s ministry of the economy says in a statement that the measures are meant “to position Luxembourg as a European hub in the exploration and use of space resources.”
Exploiting the natural resources of asteroids and other near-Earth objects (NEOs) has long been a dream of investors, inventors and futurists. There are numerous minerals found on asteroids that might profitably be mined. Read More>>