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Aaru Project
Construction beginning/end
Initial excavation completed Aug. 7 2066 CE
The Aaru Project was one of humanity's first attempts at asteroid mining, of a sort. The project, funded by private donors and orchestrated by the start-up company Duat Orbital Enterprises, aimed to hollow out the Earth-crossing asteroid 99942 Apophis and render the interior a self-contained environment suitable for human habitation. The autonomous excavation apparatus was launched to the asteroid during its close translunar flyby in March of 2036, and quietly completed its duties over the next three decades, reshaping Apophis into a hollow ark of sorts. When the asteroid made its next close approach to Earth in 2068, an ark-ship called Duat Alpha was sent to fill the hollow object with air, water, and terragenid life.
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