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  • 2022 And NOT Another Year Closer To Private company Asteroid Mining

    2022 And NOT Another Year Closer To Private company Asteroid Mining

    It’s been eight years since an historic landing took place between an European Space Agency drone and a comet.(which looked suspiciously a lot like an asteroid to us!) At that time a report from Deep Space Industries laid out their business plans up to 2020 and what they had committed to  sounded more like science…

  • Asteroid Prospecting And Mining Nearing

    Asteroid Prospecting And Mining Nearing

    Have you ever wondered how you’d mine an asteroid? Not many people have. But you may be interested to discover that scientists are actually attempting to achieve this, seemingly impossible, feat. You may even remember reading about an asteroid mining company here at The Silo. That company is still in business. Why? Well, an asteroid…