Luxembourg focuses on mining in the area

luxembourg - The Government of Luxembourg will work on mining in the area. The Grand Duchy will allocate money for research focused on the mining of asteroids in space. Perhaps the government will also invest directly in companies.

The idea of ​​mining in the space, wherein certain minerals and rare metals are extracted from asteroids, already exists any longer. By doing that can be spared the earth, according to the government.

Jean-Jacques Dordain, former director of the European Space Agency, advises the government. He said Wednesday that mining in the area is no longer science fiction. The techniques required to land on an asteroid and bring back materials exist and are tested.

Dordain encourages European businessmen to follow the example of American companies.,, I am glad that the first initiative comes from Luxembourg. European investors will have no excuse to go to California. ''