US
billionaires to mine asteroid resources
.
A
group of US billionaires - including director James Cameron and the
co-founders of internet search company Google - have announced plans
to mine asteroids in space for resources such as ice, fuel and
precious minerals.
The
new firm, Planetary Resources, plans to launch a telescope capable of
tracking asteroids - left over from the Big Bang - as they pass-by
the Earth in hopes of finding resources for further human endeavours
in space.
Al
Jazeera's John Terrett reports from the US Air and Space Museum in
Washington..
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