Deep space activities such as asteroid mining and off-world commodities

Moon Express Gains Government Approval To Begin Private Moon Mining Operations

The U.S. Government has made a historic ruling to allow the first private enterprise, Moon Express, Inc. (MoonEx), permission to travel beyond Earth’s orbit and land on the Moon in 2017. This breakthrough U.S. policy decision provides authorization to Moon Express for a maiden flight of its robotic spacecraft onto the Moon’s surface, beginning a [...]

2016-10-29T09:46:04+11:00August 3rd, 2016|Categories: Extraction, Industries, Off-World Commodities, Policy Development|0 Comments

Planetary Resources Raises Funds to Begin Advanced Earth Observation Business

Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, announced today that it has secured US$21.1 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to deploy and operate Ceres, an advanced Earth observation business that features the first commercial infrared and hyperspectral sensor platform to better understand and manage humanity’s natural resources. The funding was [...]

2016-10-29T09:48:52+11:00May 26th, 2016|Categories: Discovery or Survey, Financial, Near Earth, Terrestrial Satellites|0 Comments

Deep Space Industries Signs Funding Agreement With Luxembourg Government

Deep Space Industries, the asteroid mining company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Luxembourg Government to co-fund the development and launch of DSI’s first spacecraft. Known as Prospector-X, the small spacecraft will test key technologies in Low Earth Orbit that will be necessary for future asteroid prospecting.The agreement is a small, but important [...]

2016-10-29T09:56:02+11:00May 5th, 2016|Categories: Asteroid Mining, Deep Space, Financial, International|0 Comments
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