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"I have heard of a future possibility of mining asteroids for minerals. How would one go about finding asteroids that have important minerals?"
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Finding Earth’s Twin: No Easy Task
NASA’s new Kepler mission is scheduled to launch in just a couple of days. Once in orbit, the powerful telescope will provide astrobiologists with the ability to search for rocky, Earth-like planets around distant stars. Ultimately, Kepler will help us determine if these potentially life-supporting worlds are common or rare in the Universe.
Source: [Astrobiology Magazine]
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