Tag Archives: Deep Space Industries

Spitzer has helped choose a near-Earth object the A.R.M. could bring nearer

Posted on June 20, 2014 by VM

From its perch up in space, Spitzer can use its heat-sensitive infrared vision to spy asteroids and get better estimates of their sizes. This is what the author of a study that appeared in Astrophysical Journal Letters on June 19 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Asteroid Redirect Mission, asteroid retrieval, Deep Space Industries, NASA, near-Earth objects, Planetary Society, Spitzer Space Telescope | Leave a comment

A bounteous final frontier?

Posted on October 25, 2013 by VM

On January 22, 2013, an American company named Deep Space Industries (DSi) announced plans to launch two spacecrafts, in 2015 as a piggybacking payload named FireFly to prospect for near-Earth asteroids, and in 2016, to mine one and return a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Deep Space Industries, mining, rare-Earth metals, space exploration | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Deep Space Industries

Spitzer has helped choose a near-Earth object the A.R.M. could bring nearer

A bounteous final frontier?

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