Former President Barack Obama took a swipe at the space ambitions of the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by saying that protecting Earth should be prioritized over colonizing Mars.
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Luxembourg, SES along with US private companies to go out of space to mine minerals out of asteroids
Luxembourg has proposed to tap the mineral-rich asteroids orbiting between Earth and Mars for minerals that are scarce in our planet. Its deputy prime minister, Etienne Schneider, has already announced the roll-out of the initiative named SpaceResources.lu, which will be set up with the help of its US and European commercial partners.
Social media giant Facebook is reportedly in talks to purchase New Mexico, US-based drone maker Titan Aerospace for $60 million to reach the corners of the world with no Internet access.
California, US-based firm Planet Labs has closed a fresh $52 million from a recent funding round to launch small satellites into space and gather data about the Earth.
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