AstroForge
Thousands of millions of euros circulate in space, intact, by extracting. What is missing? Technology. But there is a project that has taken several steps ahead.
In 2015, the famous astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson that the first billionaires would gain their wealth through the spatial mining exploration, recalls a.
Since then, several projects have emerged with this goal, but have always ended up abandoning the idea.
In fact, it is attractive: asteroids have extremely valuable rare metals, and their extraction can also solve environmental and socioeconomic problems that are associated with the exploration of minerals on Earth. The problem is getting a technology that allows you to do.
Recently, Startup Astroporge has released two missions: Brokkr-1 and Odin. Its goal is to detect whether an asteroid is metallic and can extract its minerals.
“Astroporge is not trying to extract space resources just to enrich,” said CEO, Matt Gialich. “We are doing it to save this small blue ball where we live.”
Of course we can make a lot of money, and managing a business is important, ”he explained,“ but the ultimate goal is to build a long -term solution thatand don’t require the destruction of the only planet we have. ”
Now they will launch a new mission with the VESTRI device. It should be launched aboard the IM-3 Mission of Intuitive Machines later this year. “We are trying to do something that no other commercial company has ever done,” said the CEO. “It will be difficult. We can’t afford to manage a Company that will change the world And thinking that the way will be easy. ”
“Exploring the universe has cost more than 1 billion dollars per mission,” he concludes. “We have to Change this price If we want to explore asteroids as a profitable business. Will this help NASA and the progress of science? I hope so – but this decision has to be left in the hands of the new administration. The moment is opportune and we are excited to see what the future reserves us. ”
