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Mining Asteroids Company aims to mine making "a once-rare tool available to an entirely PRIME TIME resource-rich asteroids new audience." PROVERBS The company plans to be relatively Continued from Page 28 small. It has about 24 engineers now, and A single 500-meter platinum-rich though it is looking to hire, it doesn't anticipate Jack Mingo and John Javna hiring hundreds, Anderson said. And when asteroid would have the equivalent of all the mining starts, the company hopes to do it all platinum-group metals ever mined on Earth, the robotically, because humans in space would ON REVENGE company said. And the right 80-meter asteroid Sam: “Let me give you some advice, Carla. I would have more than $100 billion worth of increase the cost. suggest you turn the other cheek.” "There may be mining expeditions that materials, Anderson said. require humans, but we would really try not to Carla: G 998482 30; 4<8F= 089>23 D@,8= =9 "We can use these asteroids to grow our hurt her.” prosperity for the future," said Anderson, who if we can, because it's better business," - Cheers Anderson said. in the 1990s founded Space Adventures with The company said it doesn't currently Diamandis The company brokered millionaires' intend to launch its own vehicles, saying it is ON RELIGION rides to the international space station on Soyuz looking for "ride share" opportunities with other “Edith, Sunday’s supposed to be the day of spacecraft. ;0<= 9@ .,8 D;0<= @308 F7 29482 =9 Planetary Resources adviser and former space entities that it didn't name. church?” While Planetary Resources focuses on NASA astronaut Tom Jones said commercial asteroids, another company said it's the moon - Archie Bunker enterprises like this one can do things that we should be mining. All in the Family governments can't: build multiple, simple Moon Express of Mountain View, spacecraft at relatively low cost, while ON RELIGION accepting the risk of losing some vessels, and California, announced Tuesday it had recruited G =39>23= D@,< 98 7B @,B =9 4;?,8, 66 five top lunar scientists to join its advisory produce at a higher pace. board as it makes plans to extract precious ended up with was recurrent flashbacks of the He highlighted the potential usefulness original Mouseketeers.” of water extraction. The cost of bringing water metals from the moon. - Reverend Jim Ignatowski The company said asteroids have been to the international space station is $20,000 per hitting the moon for ages, depositing the Taxi liter, he said. precious metals they carry on the lunar surface. "I believe that, beyond the international ON SINGLE MOTHERS space station, we won't have a permanent "There is clear evidence of significant Blanche: “It says here in this Spock book presence in space unless we can reduce the cost platinum group metals on the moon from Apollo that it’s important to have male role models samples and lunar meteorites, and we've of life-support systems," Jones said. "These discovered evidence for localized hot spots that during your informative years.” materials can not only spur less-costly life will help us choose landing sites to practice Rose: “Well, what does Spock know about support, but also generate wealth, which can mining techniques," Alan Stern, the chief raising babies? On Vulcan they’re all in provide support for more exploration pods.” throughout the solar system." scientist at Moon Express, said in a press - The Golden Girls release. Anderson said the investors realize the "I believe that the presence of water and company could fail. ease of mining platinum group elements on the ! C "But (the investors) believe that Wednesday Addams: “Look, a black widow attempting this and moving the needle for space Moon's surface far, far trumps arguments that spider village.” NEO's (asteroids) are energetically easier to get is worth it," he said. samples from than the moon," Stern said in the Gomez Addams: “Amazing, just like a tiny The Arkyd-100 space telescopes will human world.” benefit more than just Planetary Resources, said release. Wednesday: “Yes, all they do is fight.” Moon Express plans to send robots to Chris Lewicki, the company's chief engineer explore mining sites on the moon, the company Morticia Addams: “Well, that’s life.” and a former NASA Mars mission manager. said. [] - The Addams Family Schools eventually will be able to access them,