Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.
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Exploit asteroids for resources using automated mining equipment as they hurtle through your space-claim in Astronomics
all trundling back and forth across the asteroid you're mining, carrying precious metals to your cargo hold. What turns Astronomics from a chilled-out automation game to a rather tense affair is ...
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First-Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Loses Contact With Earth
The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, dubbed Odin, to visit an asteroid millions of miles from Earth and scout it as a potential mining site. But mere hours after ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious ...