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  "id": 575937,
  "title": "NASA Funds 'Interworld Slingshot' Concept to Map Solar System Resources",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/nasa-funds-interworld-slingshot-concept-to-map-solar-system-resources",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T14:10:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/nasa-funds-interworld-slingshot-concept-to-map-solar-system-resources"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) is going to be a critical technical component of any human expansion out into the solar system. Our first challenge with utilizing those resources, though, is finding them. We know how, at least in theory - send a probe to an asteroid, or a particular part of the Moon, and take a sample, maybe analyze that sample with some spectrographs, or send it back to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}