• burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    9 days ago

    Time to go look at an asteroid. This is for their fly-by and tech demonstration mission before they try mining.

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      7 days ago

      Neat. Seems a bit early, but it’s cool that some folks are already looking into the feasibility of asteroid mining.

      • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        6 days ago

        The founder has been on the Pathfinder podcast a few times now. I think it’s an interesting listen, but maybe a just drank the Koolaid. They already launched a forge demonstrator, then largely built this new fly-by bus from scratch. Launch prices and availability, specifically lunar rideshares to jump to deep space, are making the business case more viable.