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I trust you've heard of Planetary Resources and their asteroid mining plans? (Just surprised they didn't make your list.)
by saraid216 14y ago
I trust you've heard of Planetary Resources and their asteroid mining plans? (Just surprised they didn't make your list.)
- pyre 14y agoI imagine that Planetary Resources may just be using someone else's launch tech, though the asteroid mining tech might be developed in-house (vs. out-sourced).
- pjscott 14y agoI'm sure they're going to use other people's launch vehicles, but space races aren't just about how you get to space. Increasingly, they're going to be about what you do there.
- saraid216 14y agoI actually expect that they'll partner with SpaceX and other launchers: one of the key things they're planning to do is to build fueling stations, which is not something I've heard that SpaceX is planning on yet. Build the robots, ask SpaceX to put them in space, construct a station, permit SpaceX to use it to push further to Mars. It makes a lot of sense to me.
- powertower 14y agoFor now, they seem to be in the pie-in-the-sky type of stage, where all they have are "plans" and paper. Comparing the two is a bit premature.
- pjscott 14y agoThey also have preposterous amounts of investment money and a space telescope under construction. Literally under construction; they're making hardware as we speak. Most of what they want to do is still only on paper, but they're a bit further along than your post suggests.