Sentences with phrase «mined on an asteroid»

Mining on an asteroid is fraught with difficulty due to the space rock's low gravity and the fact that it is hurtling through space.

And, «Developing nuclear - powered space shuttles will «support large - scale exploration and development of space resources, and make mining on asteroids and space solar power plants possible,» Xinhua quoted the report as saying, without adding further details.»

«Unless the metal [was] mined on an asteroid, I do not know why it should cost that amount,» she said.

Not exact matches

As the Jet Propulsion Lab explains in a letter on NASA's site, mining asteroids has several purposes.

Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Washington - based company founded by Peter Diamandis and commercial spaceflight pioneer Eric C. Anderson, is currently working on its own asteroid mining technology.

Landing on an asteroid and mining it for resources might sound far out, but NASA is very serious about it.

The company says some ultra high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) are keeping an eye on the progress of new asteroid mining ventures as startups seek to tap near - earth bodies for valuable metals and other elements.

The most recent, asteroid 1999 JV6, unfortunately just slipped past in January with an estimated worth of $ 1.43 trillion, or an estimated mining profit of about $ 190 billion based on what asteroid tracking database Asterank thinks can be retrieved.

Asteroid mining is still in its infancy — no would - be miners have managed to land on a space rock, much less harvest the water and metals locked away inside of it.

Served as key author on bill to promote commercial space flight and asteroid mining.

Much prospecting must be done to find out the composition and characteristics of potential asteroid targets, and determine whether the mining will be technically feasible and profitable so that miners can home in on the best asteroid candidates.

Astronaut sampling and potential commercial activities could indicate the value of C - type asteroids for commercial mining purposes, which in turn could have significant impacts on how deep space missions are designed in the future.

At each new planetary system, they would mine asteroids for construction materials, build more probes and send them on to the next system, spreading across the galaxy within a few hundred million years.

In 1999, the NEAR spacecraft showed that a single asteroid, Eros, contains more gold than has ever been mined on Earth.

Bill Nye previews a Capitol Hill hearing about mining asteroids, and Bruce Betts spends a year on Pluto for What's Up.

The Space, Science and Competitiveness Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held two hearings on further actions Congress could take to assist companies seeking to engage in commercial space activities, especially non-traditional ventures such as placing habitats in Earth orbit or on the Moon, satellite servicing, or asteroid mining.

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The fight for these scarce resources has divided Earth's population into three main factions: the Cowbots, who live by mining asteroids and cultivating moisture from the land; the Scrappers, who prey on the Cowbots and pillage their communities for supplies; and the Royalists, who live unaffected by steam shortages and impose their superiority over the Cowbots.

In this future, blue collar men and women work on ice freighters, mining ice / water from asteroids to keep the humans floating through the solar system alive.

The space agency has just opened up a new web portal called Pubspace where the public can find out everything on mining asteroids to the chances of finding life on Titan.

They've nailed the whole feeling of landing on an asteroid with a mining colony on it.

Zurovec's lengthy update touches on everything from freelance mining vs. working as an agent to finding an asteroid field and divvying up specialist responsibilities including pilot, scan operator, beam operator, etc..

Previously successful with the one - dimensional hardware game Line Wobbler, he's now focusing on «Robot Space Mining» (working title), a deeper PC simulation game based around asteroid exploration and mining with autonomous robots, which he was prototyping at SMining» (working title), a deeper PC simulation game based around asteroid exploration and mining with autonomous robots, which he was prototyping at Smining with autonomous robots, which he was prototyping at Stugan.

Exploring Europa, or the asteroid belt around Neptune and Pluto, being able to see Jupiter up in the distance or avoid the radiation and heat of the sun as you battle through a small mining compound on a runaway asteroid, it all felt very unique and much needed.

Players take on the role of celebrity pilots commanding combat spacecraft in high - stakes battles for control of warren - like asteroid mines.

New features include asteroid belts on the map that can be mined for resources, unique planets that require special technologies to colonize, spies to conduct sabotage and destabilization (or used to protect your worlds from the same), new types of diplomatic treaties, an enhanced artificial intelligence engine, and much more!

After this the images below appeared and Ancel wrote that some of the places the team has been looking at include «Secret Pirate lairs on asteroids; spaceports; dormant volcanic craters; Black markets in city slums; Treacherous mining operations; Lush valleys with sacred temples; and Legendary treasures hidden in uncharted territories across space.»

After rapping through some of the energy issues we're facing — the high cost of current oil production methods, the ridiculous talking points around the Keystone XL, and pollution from coal power plants (highlighting China)-- the rapping crew takes a very brief look at Elon Musk's electric vehicle and solar solutions (but with the main focus being that he is on Mars dressed like Iron Man), then gives a satirical presentation of Richard Branson's asteroid mining plans.