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Space Mining Startup Confirms First Private Mission To An Asteroid (www.reddit.com)
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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Even with a long timeline, it seems a bit early for asteroid mining. Until in-space manufacturing gets going, it would likely be profitable for only a few platinum-group elements, and even then I'm not sure.