{"id":19533,"date":"2015-12-14T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T13:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/get-an-inside-look-at-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-hq-in-redmond-from-the-weather-channel\/"},"modified":"2015-12-14T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T13:32:28","slug":"get-an-inside-look-at-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-hq-in-redmond-from-the-weather-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/get-an-inside-look-at-planetary-resources-asteroid-mining-hq-in-redmond-from-the-weather-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Get an inside look at Planetary Resources\u2019 asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Asteroid Mining\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nTVMNY5p5ZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-width=\"800\" data-height=\"450\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; width: 800px; height: 450px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Planetary Resources is known to&nbsp;show visitors around its headquarters&nbsp;in Redmond, Wash., but it\u2019s not too often that an outside TV crew gets an inside look at the asteroid-mining venture.&nbsp;The Weather Channel shared such a look over the weekend&nbsp;\u2013 including a look through the window at the next microsatellite the company plans to put into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s it? That\u2019s your spacecraft, right there?\u201d correspondent Dave Malkoff asks Chris Lewicki, Planetary Resources\u2019 president and chief engineer.<\/p>\n<p>Yes indeed, that\u2019s the Arkyd 6, a prototype satellite about the size of a cereal box that\u2019s designed to beam down infrared images of Earth from orbit. The Arkyd 6 is due to launch next year as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, through&nbsp;an arrangement with Seattle-based Spaceflight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-188079 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png\" alt=\"pluto\" width=\"250\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1.png 250w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-200x151.png 200w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pluto1-132x100.png 132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><br \/>\n<strong>Science journalist Alan Boyle<\/strong>&nbsp;is the author of &#8220;The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made A Big Difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Arkyd 6 is the second in a series of spacecraft designed to pave the way for mini-probes that can go beyond Earth orbit to identify and survey near-Earth asteroids. If the timeline proceeds according to plan, Planetary Resources aims to start extracting materials from space rocks by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Some rocks may have riches in the form of platinum or other metals. However, the company says the biggest payoff could come in the form of water ice, which can be converted into rocket fuel, breathable oxygen and drinking supplies for future spacefarers.<\/p>\n<p>Planetary Resources\u2019 billionaire investors include Virgin\u2019s Richard Branson, Alphabet\u2019s Eric Schmidt and Larry Page, and Microsoft alum Charles Simonyi (who\u2019s taken two trips to the International Space Station).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it possible that a person working in this building, you included, could&nbsp;become a trillionaire&nbsp;from this? With a \u2018t\u2019?\u201d Malkoff asks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something that we\u2019re very excited about,\u201d Lewicki replied. \u201cOur investors, of course, are very excited about that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To reach that goal, there\u2019ll have to be a market for water in space. Will there be enough interplanetary traffic to justify setting up extraterrestrial filling stations by the 2030s? Stay tuned. And in the meantime, check out this Planetary Resources video for an even closer look at the Arkyd 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planetary Resources is known to&nbsp;show visitors around its headquarters&nbsp;in Redmond, Wash., but it\u2019s not too often that an outside TV crew gets an inside look at the asteroid-mining venture.&nbsp;The Weather Channel shared such a look over the weekend&nbsp;\u2013 including a look through the window at the next microsatellite the company plans to put into orbit. 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