<strong>The extraction of useful materials on asteroids may seem like something out of the ordinary</strong>, but in fact, companies and even some governments are already seriously considering this possibility.

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Scientists work with companies that plan to develop asteroids in order to accelerate the onset of this future. <strong>Due to the secrecy of the individual data, they can not tell much about it - a commercial secret.</strong>

Many people are skeptical about the extraction of resources on asteroids, <strong>because they think that the task of all this is to return platinum on the market.</strong>

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That is why platinum is not the goal of space miners. The first product from asteroids will be something less obvious: water.

<em>Who will buy rocket fuel made from asteroid water?</em> One of the concepts is to sell it to telecommunications companies to launch satellites into orbit. Ten years ago, most satellites were launched with rockets attached to a small upper stage.

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<em>An important point that our government</em> leaders must understand is that investing in space mines is a safe bet on our future, one of the safest.