Deep Space Industries

Bringing space resources into the human economy

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:56:30 +0000

Indeed, two private companies, Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, have recently been formed to mine asteroids and put their extraordinary amounts of natural resources—possibly trillions of dollars worth in any given body—to work transforming the human economy and human lives.

Tech titans crucial to next wave of space exploration

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:09:56 +0000

“These guys get it,” said Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries, a Houston based company that in January unveiled its own plans to develop asteroids commercially.

Dangerous Asteroids Hunt To Get Help From Private Companies, NASA Says

admin — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:37:26 +0000

“Placing 10 of our small Firefly spacecraft into position to intercept close encounters would take four years and less than $100 million,” Deep Space CEO David Gump said in a statement. “This will help the world develop the understanding needed to block later threats.”

Off Earth Mining and Galactic Gas Stations on Future Tense

admin — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:33:49 +0000

Rick Tumlinson is a US businessman whose ambition is to mine asteroids and to then use the material he extracts to power space craft and satellites.

World’s Leading Asteroid Expert Joins Deep Space Industries; Lewis “Wrote the Book” on Meteor Strikes, Asteroid Mining

admin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:33:57 +0000

HOUSTON, TX February 20 Deep Space Industries announced that astronomer and asteroid expert Dr. John Lewis will assume the role of Chief Scientist for the firm, whose goal is the exploration, harvesting and processing of space resources, such as asteroids. Author of such seminal works in the field as the books “Rain of Iron and Ice” and “Mining the Sky,” Dr. Lewis is considered to be one of the the world’s preeminent asteroid experts.

Russian meteor explosion highlights asteroid threat

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:46:20 +0000

Deep Space Industries is developing the Firefly, a small spacecraft that can do close-up imaging of asteroids to determine their size and composition

Estimates raised for nuclear-sized asteroid blast that hit Russia

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:38:25 +0000

Another commercial space-mining venture, Deep Space Industries, is proposing its own set of asteroid-hunting space telescopes…

Surprise asteroid impact is wake-up call

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:50:13 +0000

…David Gump, CEO of Deep Space Industries, said: “Placing ten of our small FireFly spacecraft into position to intercept close encounters would take four years and less than $100 million. This will help the world develop the understanding needed to block later threats.”

Scientists unveil new detectors in race to save Earth from next asteroid

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:36:45 +0000

…However the fleet could also be used to monitor small, difficult-to-detect objects that threaten to strike Earth. Deep Space Industries – which is based in McLean, Virginia – proposes building 10 spacecraft at a cost of $100m (£65m) over the next four years…

Russian meteor blast injures at least 1,000 people, authorities say

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:15:22 +0000

“The hundreds of people injured in northern Russia show it’s time to take action and no longer be passive about these threats,” said Rick Tumlinson, chairman of Deep Space Industries.