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Hayabusa2 & Asteroid Mining

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Skip Montreux tells Samantha Vega about the Hayabusa2 space mission to retrieve a sample from a near-earth asteroid. They also report on the very new industry of asteroid mining.

  1. What did the Hayabusa missions accomplish?
  2. Is it possible to mine gold, platinum, and other metals from an asteroid … and make a profit?
  3. What is the business model around this idea?

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