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Luxembourg’s Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space Mining

In 2016, Luxembourg began taking steps toward dominating the asteroid mining industry, and so potentially the flow of cash and commodities beyond Earth. The post Luxembourg's Bid to Become the Silicon Valley of Space Mining appeared first on WIRED.

The ESA found its lost comet probe, and a whole lot of science. The post Can You Find the Philae Lander Hiding on the Surface of a Comet? appeared first on WIRED.

Everyone knows rockets blow up. Hardly anyone expects they will. The post Yes, Rockets Blow Up Sometimes. The NASA Team Behind OSIRIS-REx Isn’t Sweating It appeared first on WIRED.

Asteroid miners need a short-term financial plan that will keep them in business until they can get rich extracting resources from space-rocks. The post How to Succeed in the Asteroid Business Without Really Mining appeared first on WIRED.

Philae's bumpy landing has importance for asteroid mining companies eager to excavate small bodies in space.