asteroid thought to be worth up to £10 trillion has been discovered in space - and a UK-based company has big plans to mine it.
The Asteroid Mining Corporation aims to advance human progress and civilisation by bringing the world the Third Industrial Revolution, and mining asteroids is part of its plan to deliver it.Mitch Hunter-Scullion, 25, set up the Asteroid Mining Corporation in March 2016 just after he completed his University dissertation entitled 'The Case for Asteroid Mining: Examining the economic and political benefits to be gained from mining in Space'.The Motherwell graduate came up with the concept while studying International Relations and History at Liverpool Hope University.
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