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Asteroid mining outpost

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: e-ill06-00006

Image Size 300 DPI: 67 * 50 cm

A massive manned mining outpost constructed around a rocky near-Earth asteroid about 300 million miles from Earth. In the foreground are arrays of solar photovoltaic panels similar to those currently supplying power to the International Space Station (ISS). This oblong asteroid is approximately 2,000 feet long by 1,000 feet wide. The mining base and its supporting structure is nearly one-half statute mile long.

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2013 - ASTEROID - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - FACTORY - ILLUSTRATION - MINE - POSTER - SCIENCE FICTION - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE -