Planetary Resources Reveals Its Asteroid Mining Plans
Seattle, Wash. – April 24, 2012 — Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious…
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Planetary Resources Plans to Mine Asteroids for Precious Metals and Build Gas Stations in Space
Following on from my post a couple of days ago about how a number of Tech Billionaires and high-flyers have gotten together to create a private…
Read the articleNew Surface Features Spotted on Giant Asteroid Vesta by NASA Dawn Spacecraft
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed unexpected details on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. New images and data highlight the diversity of Vesta’s surface and…
Read the articleIs Vesta the Smallest Planet in the Solar System?
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spent the last four years voyaging to asteroid Vesta – and may have found a planet. Vesta was discovered over two hundred years…
Read the articleDawn Spacecraft Images Show Vesta’s ‘Color Palette’
Vesta appears in a splendid rainbow-colored palette in new images obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The colors, assigned by scientists to show different rock or mineral…
Read the articleNASA Captures New Images of Large Asteroid Passing Earth
NASA’s Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth. This radar image of asteroid…
Read the articleNASA in Final Preparations for Nov. 8 Asteroid Flyby
NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency’s Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past…
Read the articlePhotometry Needed for the November Asteroid Flyby
This article originally appeared on Sky & Telescope’s website On November 8–9, 2011, the Earth-crossing asteroid 2005 YU55 will speed past us at a distance closer…
Read the articleNASA’s Dawn Mission Shows New View of Vesta Mountain
A new image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt. Everest, amidst the topography in the south polar region of…
Read the articleAsteroid Family Believed Responsible for Dinosaur Extinction May Not Be Responsible After All
Observations from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission indicate the family of asteroids some believed was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs is not…
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