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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-Situ_Resource_Utilization
*http://www.esm.vt.edu/~sdross/papers/ross-asteroid-mining-2001.pdf

===Notes and thoughts on asteroid mining===

Two things to mine:
*Metals: platinum-group metals, nickel, iron, rare-earth elements like indium
*Water i.e. hydrogen + water, i.e. rocket fuel. Water in space is important, but only if we don't solve the cheap launch problem