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Asteroid mining is not about gold—it's about controlling resources in space

Asteroid mining is often framed as a futuristic gold rush, but the real challenge isn’t extracting valuable materials—it’s ...
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Forget gold, asteroid mining’s real treasure is something else

Investors and dreamers like to picture asteroids as glittering vaults of gold and platinum, a $700 quintillion jackpot waiting to be claimed. The real prize is more prosaic and far more strategic: the ...