Posts Tagged «deep space industries»
Earth-skimming DA14 asteroid contains $195 billion of minerals, if we can catch it February 13, 2013 at 1:02 pm
On Friday, asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within 17,200 (27,700km) of Earth. DA14 is about 50 meters wide, and will be the closest ever fly-by of a celestial body that astronomers have known about in advance. If that wasn’t thrilling enough, though, celestial mining company Deep Space Industries is saying that the asteroid, if we were to harvest its resources, may contain nearly $200 billion of minerals and water.
Deep Space Industries to begin asteroid prospecting by 2015, mining by 2020 January 22, 2013 at 10:44 am
A new space company called Deep Space Industries will be making a live broadcast later today to announce its plans to begin asteroid prospecting operations by 2015. They will be launching a fleet of mini spacecraft into solar orbit to identify potential targets near to the earth that would be suitable to mine.