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Podcaster: Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay

astronomy-cast-high-rez-850x850Title:  Ep. 495: Update on Asteroids & Prospects of Asteroid Mining

Organization: Astronomy Cast – http://www.astronomycast.com

Description: Our knowledge of space is starting to match up with our ability to get out there an explore it. There are several companies working on missions and techniques to harvest minerals from asteroids. What other resources are out there that we can use?

Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today and Dr. Pamela Gay is a Director of Technology & Citizen Science, CosmoQuest, St. Louis. They team up to do Astronomy Cast, a weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.

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