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ASTEROID MINING

In April 2012 Planetary Resources, Inc. (PRI) announced that they had plans to send robotic spacecraft out to search for suitable asteroids for mining. The expected launch of the first spacecraft, Leo Space Telescope, is expected to take place in early 2014.

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This animation shows NASA's Orion spacecraft as it will appear on its Exploration Mission-1 in 2017, complete with a service module to be provided by the European Space Agency. After Orion blasts off atop a Space Launch System rocket, the ESA-provided service module will fuel and propel the capsule on its journey through space. Exploration Mission-1 in 2017 will be the first mission to incorporate both the Orion vehicle and NASA's new Space Launch System. It will follow the upcoming Exploration Flight Test-1 in 2014, in which an uncrewed Orion will launch atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket and fly 3,600 miles above Earth's surface, farther than a human spacecraft has gone in 40 years.
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Just came into post about the nasa-ESA agreement, but see you are punctual as ever.
It's great that cooperation is extending outside of the space station.
 
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