The space tech startup, AstroForge, hopes to complete two proof-of-concept missions this year using SpaceX rockets.
to contain various precious minerals, including metals such as iron, nickel, and cobalt, and rarer elements such as platinum and gold. They might also have water and other volatile substances that could be useful for future space exploration and settlement.
Last year, AstroForge was reportedly preparing a demonstration mission this year when we covered the company's seed financing,In addition to announcing a second trip planned later in the year that will send the business to a target asteroid for observation, AstroForge provided more information about that mission today.Also, according to TechCrunch, the first mission will launch in April using a rideshare launch from SpaceX using the Transporter-7.
"We have to find some way to get the regolith off the asteroid and process it in our refinery, and we believe we've solved that for our target asteroid," CEO Matt Gialich said in an interview with TechCrunch. The second trip will involve studying the target asteroid's surface using high-resolution photos, Gialich revealed. That publication stated that "textures of metal-rich asteroid surfaces remain to be examined." Besides the fact that the asteroid is closer to Earth than, for instance, a boulder in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, he declined to disclose anything more about it.
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