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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 ...
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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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 ...
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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
“It’s going to be a bit of a game-changer,” she said. Others are more focused on what Odin means for asteroid mining in the present tense. “It’s probably the highest achievement in the ...
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Asteroid exploration probably failed - Odin probe staggers through space
It was supposed to be the start of asteroid mining. But it looks like the mission has failed. AstroForge has lost contact with Odin. "Right now, Odin is still out there, and we're still trying to ...
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Karman+ digs up $20M to build an asteroid-mining autonomous spacecraft
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction (and it is, as asteroid mining was a central theme in the 2013 Nebula Award-winning book called "2312"). But the team believes that with advances in ...