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With minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and international space agencies are turning to the prospect of asteroids in space.
With minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and international space agencies are turning to the prospect of asteroids in space.
The Psyche mission — named after the asteroid it's planning to study — is set to blast off this week from Cape Canaveral, Fla., where it will begin a six-year journey to its home in the asteroid belt.
Thanks to a unique geological formation carved by glaciers over 20,000 years ago, you would weigh about 1/25,000 less your average weight up here
Lunar landing pads will have to keep people and equipment from being sandblasted by Moon dust and particles traveling at more than 10,000 miles per hour as a rocket takes off or lands.