Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon
A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet.
Elon Musk's Starship blew up again — and our prospects of mining the moon hang in the balance
Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...
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A tiny spacecraft is poised to launch on an unprecedented deep-space mission. The CEO behind it is ‘terrified’
His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious metals ...
China unveils first homegrown space mining robot
Researchers from the China University of Mining and Technology develops China's first space mining robot. Photo: Screenshot ...
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The First-Ever Private Mission To Deep Space Is About To Launch
There have been many discussions about the legal issues surrounding mining in space. The US unilaterally allows for the commercial extraction of material from celestial bodies, and other countries ...
Gold Mining Unleashes a Carbon Time Bomb in the Amazon
Gold mining in Peru’s Amazon is now destroying carbon-storing peatlands at an alarming rate. In just two years, over half of ...
Official calls for cautious approach in deep-sea mining regulations
Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...
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Water mining on the moon may be easier than expected, India's Chandrayaan-3 lander finds
Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less ...
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Exploit asteroids for resources using automated mining equipment as they hurtle through your space-claim in Astronomics
As an asteroid miner in Astronomics, which is now in early access on Steam, the precious resources you collect from mining space rocks will make massive profits for the Cube Corporation ...