Before you can do asteroid mining, you have to do asteroid prospecting.
Created: 2019-01-22
Updated: 2025-09-06
Company - Asteroid Initiatives
Product/Service
- Classification
- Space Resources
- Category
- Resources - Asteroid Mining
Space Mining
- Fields
- Prospecting
- Status
- Dormant, Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
Status Comment
X channel has been redirected to "Space Initiatives". Facebook was active but posted other news. Assuming to be practically dormant.
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