With all the futuristic talk today about missions to Mars, lunar bases and asteroid mining, it's easy to forget that man has already been living off of the planet on and off for decades. Here's a look back at the...
Last week, we asked you to submit any burning questions you had for us. This week, we answer. Topics include Lawrence Lessig, asteroid mining, the future religious make-up of the United States, and the effects of concealed-carry laws. Feel free … Continue reading ?
In the near future we could have technology to not only watch out for asteroid threats, but to deflect these planet killers and harvest their vast resources. We can turn swords into ploughshares on a cosmic scale. In fact, Earth has a natural ally in this effort – the Moon. Show More Summary
K&L Gates has registered to lobby on an out-of-this-world matter: asteroid mining. The firm notified Congress last week that it is advocating for Planetary Resources Inc. on issues related to quarrying the celestial bodies, but not on any particular legislation....
By Naveen Jain Entrepreneur and philanthropist Naveen Jain is a trustee of Singularity University and X Prize foundation and a Founder and Chairman of Moon...
Google hosted its second annual Solve for X event last week, a meeting of big minds to discuss radical high-tech solutions to world problems. On the docket were everything from asteroid mining to eradicating malaria, and Google posted...Show More Summary
#195 - Week of February 4, 2012
Will We Ever Run Out of New Music? - [fascinating, video]
Data Storage in DNA Becomes a Reality - [science]
Deep Space Industries: Asteroid Mining - [wow space]
Apply for Human Settlement on Mars - [do...Show More Summary
Two companies will mine asteroids to collect gold and platinum. Before we turn over billions as angel investors, let's run some math on this venture. More About: asteroid mining, economy, Gold, space
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Of all the technological breakthroughs we've witnessed in recent years, the emergence of 3D printing technology is one of the most exciting. Show More Summary
Deep Space Industries, a newly established US space exploration company has announced plans to create the world’s first fleet of commercial asteroid-mining spacecraft.
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Asteroid mining is just a few years away, according to a US company, but there won't be any jobs for pickaxe-wielding spacemen just yet: The first probes will only be the size of laptops. Deep Space Industries plans to send the probes on prospecting trips to some of the 1,...
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A group of private entrepreneurs is raising $20 million to fund the first stage of a mission to identify asteroids close to Earth and mine them for valuable materials.
Future is in the making! The asteroid mining firm Deep Space Industries, Inc. launched today with an ambitious plan to build an entire fleet of spacecraft by 2015 and deploy them to harvest resources from asteroids near the Earth.
It is definitely now the future. A new venture is joining the effort to extract mineral resources on asteroids. The announcement of plans by Deep Space Industries to exploit the rare metals present in the space rocks turns asteroid mining into a two-horse race. The other venture, Planetary Resources, went public with its proposals last [...]
A new private company called Deep Space Industries announced today that it intends to send a fleet of small spacecraft to near-Earth asteroids with the aim of mining resources and turning them into products using space-based 3D printers.
A new asteroid-mining company launched Tuesday with the goal of helping humanity expand across the solar system by tapping the vast riches of space rocks. More About: asteroid mining, space
Another commercial firm is about to enter the race to mine asteroids for profit. Deep Space Industries is due to reveal its plans to mine asteroids. The announcement will occur later today in Santa Monica's Museum of Flying. Within just...Show More Summary
A new venture dubbed Deep Space Industries is jumping into the marketplace for asteroid mining — joining a billionaire-backed company called Planetary Resources in what they hope will eventually turn into a trillion-dollar business. In a press advisory, Deep Space Indu …