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AstroForge is an aerospace company based in Huntington Beach, California, and was founded by Matthew Gialich and Jose Acain on January 10, 2022.The company is working on developing asteroid mining technologies, aiming to become the first commercial entity to do so.
With minerals in short supply on Earth, private companies such as California-based AstroForge and international space agencies are turning to the prospect of asteroids in space.
Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. [1] Notable asteroid mining challenges include the high cost of spaceflight, unreliable identification of asteroids which are suitable for mining, and the challenges of extracting usable material in a space environment.
Planetary Resources, Inc., formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, was an American company that was formed on 1 January 2009, [1] [2] and reorganized and renamed in 2012. Its stated goal was to "expand Earth's natural resource base" [3] by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining.
However, asteroid mining is resource-heavy and involves identifying, capturing, and extracting these valuable resources from the asteroid. The Asteroid Belt: An Untapped Wealth
Indeed, Orange County asteroid mining company Astroforge Inc. said it was hiring in a reply to Musk’s SpaceX tweet. Earlier this week, workers streaming in and out of SpaceX's Hawthorne complex ...
First Mode was founded on March 14, 2018 in the Seattle, Washington area by 11 former members of asteroid mining company Planetary Resources. [2]First Mode partnered with mining corporation Anglo American plc in 2019, signing a three-year agreement to develop a diesel alternative for the company's fleet of mining haul trucks.
So-called "asteroid mining" company Planetary Resources is built on the belief that asteroids and other objects in space are loaded with resources that we can take advantage of, both here on Earth ...