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trefn on April 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Company backed by James Cameron & Google founders ...

Ben Bova has a series of scifi novels in which asteroid mining plays an important role - check out his Grand Tour & the Sam Gunn books if you're interested in fictional accounts.

Roboprog on April 18, 2012 [–]

I'm thinking of Larry Niven and Charles Sheffield, but I know I've probably left out many other authors as well (RAH, ...).

Say hello to the Belters, I guess.

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