Bolden: Don’t Have to Travel Far to Asteroid to Meet President’s Goal, Space PolicyOnline “Bolden said that when the President announced that an asteroid would be the next destination for […]
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Posted inChina
China's Chang'e-2 Flyby of Asteroid Toutatis
China’s Chang’e-2 Does Close Flyby of Asteroid Toutatis (with image), CNSA New milestone for China: Probe snaps close-ups of asteroid Toutatis, MSNBC “China’s official news agency is reporting that the […]
Posted inPolicy
NASA Really Doesn't Want to Do That Whole Asteroid Thing
National Disagreement Over NASA’s Goals and Objectives Detrimental to Agency Planning, Budgeting Efforts, NRC “A current stated interim goal of NASA’s human spaceflight program is to visit an asteroid by […]
Posted inCommercialization
Looking More Closely at Asteroid Mining Economics
Asteroid miners hunt for platinum, leave all common sense in glovebox, Register “But back to PGMs. We have something that we know the demand for, in the short term at […]
Posted inSpace & Planetary Science
B612 Foundation Moves Ahead With NEO Mission
B612 Foundation Forms Independent Sentinel Special Review Team (with full Space Act Agreement text) “The SSRT will provide technical advice and assistance during the development and operations of the Sentinel […]
Posted inCommercialization
B612 Raises Capital For First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission
B612 Foundation Receives New Funding and Strategic Support From Prominent Leaders in Business, Entertainment, Science and Technology “The world’s first privately funded deep space mission – SENTINEL – received major […]
Posted inExploration
Name an Asteroid
NASA Announces Asteroid Naming Contest for Students “Students worldwide have an opportunity to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA mission will return the first samples to Earth. Scheduled […]
Posted inCommercialization
B612 Foundation Announces SENTINEL Mission
B612 Foundation Announces First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission “In a press conference at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday morning, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, […]
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Planetary Resources Falls Back on Kickstarter For Funding
Back Us On Kickstarter, Planetary Resources “To offer you a chance to actually get involved, we’ve been tossing around the idea of adding additional capacity in our production run, and […]
Posted inAstronomy
Private Asteroid Telescope To Be Launched
B612 Foundation to Announce First Privately Funded Deep Space Mission “Announcement: On June 28, 2012, the B612 Foundation will announce its plans to build, operate and launch the world’s first […]