Xplore reveals its plans to open satellite manufacturing facility in Seattle area
GeekWire via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoXplore, a Seattle-area startup that aims to build satellites for interplanetary missions, has a new...
China launches robot prototype capable of catching space debris with net
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSince the establishment of the world's first asteroid mining company Planetary Resources in 2009,...
Moon Soil Can Be Turned Into Air and Fuel for Lunar Astronauts
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 3 months agofStop Images - Caspar BensonSince the first moon landing in 1969, it’s long been a goal to establish...
We’re Never Going to Mine the Asteroid Belt
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAlphabet Inc.’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, and Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron (director of the Alien sequel Aliens) all invested in Planetary ...
FAANG and beyond: Game-changing tech innovations that are capturing investors' attention
MoneyWise via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoThe government of Luxembourg, for example, has poured hundreds of millions of euros into creating...
Nestle uses insect protein in Purina pet food
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNestle's Purina brand is launching a line of pet food using insects, as the world's biggest food group tests more environmentally sustainable protein...
Astroforge raises $13M seed round for asteroid mining ambitions
TechCrunch· 3 months agoAlthough we’ve long understood that asteroids are not simply the rubble of the universe, but...
First Mode wins $1.8M contract to build hardware for Psyche mission to asteroid
GeekWire via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSeattle-based First Mode has been awarded a $1.8 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion...
13 Eccentric Projects of the Super-Rich
Cheapism via AOL· 4 months agoGoogle's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, James Cameron, and X Prize founder Peter Diamandis launched the Planetary Resources mining company to try — or,...
With SpaceX launch Musk, Bezos, Branson lead billionaires in space race
Fox Business via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSpaceX and NASA are preparing for their historical launch on Saturday. While billionaire Elon Musk...