Tag: asteroid mining
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Asteroid-mining company reveals new telescope, says ‘water is the gateway drug of space’
Planetary engineer Spencer Anunsen holding part of an A3 prototype. A lot has happened since Bellevue-based Planetary Resources announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids just one year ago. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, the company just held a half-hour live stream today to discuss the past 365 days and talk about plans for the future.…
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Planetary Resources pulls in cash from nation’s largest engineering firm to help mine asteroids
Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace, just announced a big investment and new partnership with one of the world’s leading engineering companies. Bechtel Corporation, the largest construction and engineering company in the U.S. with 53,000 employees across 50 countries, has joined Planetary’s core group of…