Planetary Resources says it will start ramping up an international asteroid-mining subsidiary in Luxembourg by the end of the year – and will think about expanding...
Planetary Resources’ asteroid miners go international, starting with Luxembourg
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Job One for Aerojet’s future ion drive: Go out and get a piece of an asteroid
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s next-generation ion thrusters could well make their debut in space during NASA’s robotic mission to grab a piece of an asteroid and bring it back...
Luxembourg wants to become the NASA of asteroid mining
Luxembourg intends to one day become a major hub for deep-space commercial operations. The country announced Wednesday it plans to help foster the growth of an asteroid-mining industry. Luxembourg, with a population roughly the size of Albuquerque (562,000), said it is the first European country to provide the legal and regulatory framework to ensure asteroid prospectors retain ownership of the precious metals they extract. Luxembourg...
Nudge ’em or nuke ’em: Asteroid defense plans take shape in U.S. and Russia
What should the world do about the potential threat of a catastrophic asteroid collision? This month NASA established the Planetary Defense Coordination Office to manage the issue. Meanwhile, the Russians and the Europeans are talking about diverting nasty space rocks with...
Get an inside look at Planetary Resources’ asteroid mining HQ in Redmond from the Weather Channel
Planetary Resources is known to show visitors around its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., but it’s not too often that an outside TV crew gets an inside look at the asteroid-mining venture. The Weather Channel shared such a look over the weekend – including a...
Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law
President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and sell resources from asteroids, the moon, Mars and other celestial bodies – giving space-minded entrepreneurs something extra to be thankful for. “This is the single greatest recognition of property rights in history,” Eric Anderson, co-founder and co-chairman of Redmond-based Planetary...