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Not to be confused with [[Space Mines]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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== Live Action TV ==
* The titular ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' is a mining ship carrying (and processing) ore on its way back to Earth. At least, that was the plan...
* In the ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' episode "The Hand Of God", the Galactica and its fighters attack a Cylon tyllium mine located on an asteroid made almost completely of the stuff.
** And in "Scar", the fleet mines asteroids for metal ores and radioactives vital to the fleet's continual survival.
* Milo Clancey from the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' serial "The Space Pirates" is an asteroid miner.
* ''[[Lexx]]'''s backstory combines this with [[Dug Too Deep]].
* Montgomery Scott mentions "working the cargo runs, bringing in supplies and taking out cargo" for [[Asteroid Miners]] in the ''[[Star Trek the Original Series|Star Trek]]'' episode "Operation: Annihilate".
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* As of April 2012, there's at least one company out there, called [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_Resources:Planetary Resources|Planetary Resources]], that has as its long-term goal the creation of automated mining operations on Near-Earth asteroids. They figure they'll find anything from water, to rare earths to platinum and gold out there, and expect profit returns within 10 years.
** It probably seems like an insanely risky venture that requires enormous initial investment. ''It is''. Among the company's founders you have [[James Cameron]] and [[Google|Larry Page]].
 
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