Tag: asteroid mining

Planetary Resources Kickstarter Campaign Takes Off

Planetary Resources Kickstarter Campaign Takes Off

In what is already turning out to be one of the more fascinating space oriented crowdsourcing efforts yet seen, Planetary Resources introduced what amounts to a public access prototype of its planned Arkyd space telescopes at a press conference yesterday.   The broadcast started late, was horribly garbled, and at times seemed more like the sort […]

Planetary Resources Hosting Two Media EventsToday

Planetary Resources Hosting Two Media EventsToday

Planetary Resources, which recently made news by entering into a collaborative  partnership with engineering and construction mega corporation Bechtel to advance its plans for asteroid mining,  will be holding a press conference at 10:00 AM PDT today, to announce a new project apparently aimed at expanding its outreach through crowdsourcing, a plan which will “change the way humanity […]

Deep Space Industries Introduced Today

Deep Space Industries Introduced Today

Source: NBC A new asteroid mining venture, Deep Space Industries, will be unveiled later today at the The Santa Monica Museum of Flying beginning at 10 AM PT and broadcast on spacevidcast.com as well as Youtube.  Press releases thus far have indicated that the company will initially focus on sending small, 55 lb. spacecraft evocatively named Firefly, […]

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