Planetary Resources' First Spacecraft Successfully Deployed, Testing
Asteroid Prospecting Technology on Orbit:
"Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, announced today that its
Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) spacecraft deployed successfully from the International
Space Station's (ISS) Kibo airlock and has begun its 90-day mission. The
demonstration vehicle will validate several core technologies including the
avionics, control systems and software, which the company will incorporate into
future spacecraft that will venture into the Solar System and prospect for
resource-rich near-Earth asteroids."
See:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/07/pla...pacecraft.html
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Possible future target:
Asteroid worth £3 TRILLION in precious metals passed Earth on Sunday:
"The space rock has attracted the attention of asteroid mining company Planetary
Resources, because it is thought to have a 100 million ton core of platinum that
the company might one day want to exploit."
See:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...atch-live.html