Yesterday's OnPoint radio show featured Eric Anderson, co-founder and
co-chairman of Planetary Resources.
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/04/27/mining-asteroids
It was surprisingly informative, with interesting guests pointing out
positive and negative elements of the stunt. I didn't realize that
the "bagging" of an asteroid would be used to heat it to the point
that the volatiles would outgas.
-- Owen
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