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2014 Marked The One-Year Point Since NEOSSat Was Successfully Launched Into Outer Space
Aug 13, 2014Boyd Coatings Research Co., Inc. was selected to strategically coat and laminate a suitcase-sized microsatellite that orbits the Earth searching for near-earth asteroids and “space junk" that are difficult to spot using ground-based ...
Tags: NEOSSat, success, Construction
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Asteroid Mining Firms Have Begun Launching a Counterattack on The Academic Findings
Jan 16, 2014Asteroid mining's prospects as a trillion-dollar industry could be mildly tarnished by a new Harvard study that found few space rocks near Earth worth mining. But asteroid mining firms have already begun launching a counterattack on the ...
Tags: asteroid mining, space rocks, space mining
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Deep Space Industries Hopes to Launch a Fleet of Small Spacecraft, Dubbed Fireflies
Jan 24, 2013A new company is looking to launch spacecraft to mine asteroids and one day act as an outer space gas station and an oasis for human colonies in space. Deep Space Industries Inc. announced Tuesday that it hopes to launch a fleet of small ...
Tags: Space Prospectors, human colonies, near-Earth asteroids
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The Deep-Space Mission Will Map The Inner Solar System and Track Dangerous Asteroids
Jul 11, 2012Sentinel aims to go asteroid hunting 11 Jul 2012 The first privately funded deep-space mission will map the inner solar system and track dangerous asteroids. Watchful eye:Sentinel will track near-Earth asteroids A proposed space ...