Tag: Arkyd
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Kickstarter campaign for public space telescope reaches $100K in 2 hours
From left: Vlogger Hank Green, Planetary Resources founders Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis, and Planetary President Chris Lewicki announce the company’s Kickstarter campaign at the Museum of Flight. Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope. Naturally, you may wonder why a…
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Asteroid mining company flooded with job applications
Who wouldn’t want to work with these guys? Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki and Eric Anderson of Planetary Resources at the news conference this week. Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based company that this week unveiled plans to launch robotic spacecraft to mine asteroids, has received nearly 1,000 job applications since making its announcement. The company cited the…
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Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceship
After the big Planetary Resources asteroid-mining news conference today, the executives behind the venture talked more casually with reporters next to the stage. Next to them was a full-scale version of their Arkyd robotic spacecraft. Chris Lewicki, the NASA Mars Rover veteran who is the company’s president and “chief asteroid miner,” gave a guided tour.…
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Secretive space robot startup Arkyd to unveil ambitious plans, backed by big names
NASA Mars Rover vet Chris Lewicki is the president and chief engineer of Arkyd. [Follow-Up: Space robot venture includes Google’s Page and Schmidt, aims to expand Earth’s resources] Arkyd Astronautics, a Seattle-area startup led by a NASA veteran and involving some of the biggest names in the commercial space industry, is preparing to unveil its mission…