Space mining could be close; Deep Space Industries to launch spacecraft to survey asteroid

摘要

THE MINING OF asteroids and other planets seems like the topic of science fiction, but the reality is that it might be closer than many people think. In August, Deep Space Industries announced that it plans to fly the world's first commercial interplanetary mining mission. Its spacecraft, Prospector-1, will fly to and rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid and investigate the object to determine its value as a source of space resources. This mission is an important step in the company's overall plans to harvest and supply in-space resources to support the growing space economy.