Engineering zero gravity excavation and extraction equipment to support asteroid and planetoid mining infrastructure.
Created: 2019-01-22
Updated: 2021-01-08
Company - Planetoid Mines Company
Service
- Classification
- ISRU, Raw Materials & Mining
- Category
- ISRU (In Situ Resource Utilization)
Resources - Asteroid Mining
- Fields
- Moon
Lunar Rover
Raw Materials
Mining
- Status
- 4) Early stage
- First launch
- 2022
Planetoid Mines mission is to engineer and manufacture the latest aerospace propulsion technology and attach it to an asteroid capturing platform to redirect the asteroid back to Earth’s cislunar orbit for the extraction of raw materials used in the manufacturing of spaceports and spacecraft.
Primary focus is developing the core components of asteroid mining. Many of their instruments and tools will be compatible with mining applications on the lunar surface and on Earth. Planetoid Mines intends to have their first lunar prospecting rover ready to launch and land near the lunar south pole in 2022. They are developing their own powered descent and landing vehicle and have not yet announced a launch provider.
The first complete "in-situ resource utilization" technology on the market. Our self-contained system provides end-to-end continuous mining operations with multiple excavator heads, mineral concentration through beneficiation, a pyrometallurgy oven and thermal printing head. Using lunar surface minerals the system can print landing pads, extrude fused quartz rods, large antenna arrays, etc. ISRU platform designed to fit most lunar landers.
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