Expanding the Resource Base Of Humanity To Include The Solar System
If all goes according to plan, a newly-formed company will some day in the future initiate prospecting missions targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible. Planetary Resources, which is backed by Google's top executive as well as Avatar director James Cameron, has unveiled its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals.
Initial Commercial Space Transportation Flight Ops To Be Coordinated With Johnson Space Center
An agreement has been signed between NASA's Mission Operations Directorate (MOD) at Johnson Space Center and Boeing to collaborate on mission planning, training and flight operations for the company’s Commercial Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.
Some big money investors are reportedly behind a new venture that will be unveiled Tuesday in Seattle to mine asteroids. The company, called Planetary Resource, has as its business model extracting minerals and other resources from asteroids, which the company's founders say could add "trillions" to the global GDP.
Transfer Will Be Rescheduled 'As Soon As Practical'
NASA's planned flight to New York City of space shuttle Enterprise atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) has been postponed until further notice due to an unfavorable weather forecast for Monday. To ensure a safe flight for Enterprise and the SCA, NASA managers, in consultation with the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, decided Friday to delay the flight because of inclement weather in both New York and Washington, where the flight will originate.
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