Tuesday, 7. June 2016
Topic: Space - on June 7, 2016 at 5:21:00 PM CEST
Luxembourg to Invest $227 Million in Asteroid Mining
On Friday, the tiny European nation of Luxembourg announced that it would open a 200 million Euro ($227M U.S.) fund to entice companies focused on mining asteroids to locate there. Luxembourg’s economy minister said that the fund’s budget could expand if needed, and that it is aimed at making the country, which is about the size of the Dallas metro area, a global leader in space.
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