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Skylab: Man’s First Home in Space Launched 40 Years Ago Today

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...

Ask the wonks: On asteroid mining, concealed-carry laws, and Lawrence Lessig

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 ?

The Moon Is A Natural Platform For Asteroid Mining, Detection, And Deflection

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 Lobbyists Add Asteroid Miners to Client Roster

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....

X PRIZE Foundation: The Moon is a Natural Platform for Asteroid Mining, Detection and Deflection

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 Takes on Global Warming, Asteroid Mining, Malaria and More

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

The Crazy Economics of Mining Asteroids for Gold and Platinum

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

Inhabitat's Week in Green: asteroid mining, a Legoland hotel and the Amsterdam Light Festival

4 months agoTechnology / Gadgets : Engadget

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

US Company Unveils Asteroid Mining Technology

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.

Deep Space Industries announces asteroid mining plans

4 months agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmag

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Asteroid Miners Plan 2015 Launch

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,...

Planetary Resources shows off full-scale asteroid mining prototype

4 months agoTechnology / Gadgets : Gizmag

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Asteroid mining firm aims to raise $20 million in funding

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.

Space News of the Day

4 months agoOdd : The Daily What

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.

Asteroid mining to commence in 2015

4 months agoOdd : Boing Boing

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 [...]

New Asteroid Mining Company Aims to Manufacture Products in Space

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.

New Asteroid-Mining Venture Unveiled

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

Asteroid Mining To Become A Two-Horse Race

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

Deep Space Industries will venture into asteroid-mining marketplace

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 …

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