#August2016

First Commercial Asteroid Mining could start in Three Years; get me to Ceres Station!

Asteroid Mining

Man, I don’t know if I believe the Hype, here. Asteroid mining in three years? Cities in space in thirty years? But, oh, do I want to. Do I ever want to.

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Private Asteroid Miners launching their first space telescope. FUTURO++

Planetary Resources.

Asteroid Miners? FUCK YEAH. Space telescope? FUCK YEAH. YEAH! DRINK DEEP THE FUTURO-SPACE SALVE. Maybe humanity isn’t doomed! Or maybe this is just another form of humanity dooming itself through private enterprise. Depends on your perspective, ideology, and philosophical underpinnings. I suppose.

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ASTEROID MINING Could Be Against The Law. OH LET US HAVE FUN.

Shit. Shit, shit, shit. Here we go again with The Man preventing us from having any fun. Did you know that there are experts in space law  (pretty awesome, actually)? I didn’t. Now one of these astronomical legalese masters is stating that asteroid mining could be against the law.

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Official. JAMES CAMERON and GOOGLE Unveil Asteroid-Mining Plans

Ah, we’re living in the future indeed. It’s official. It’s official! James Cameron, Google and a gaggle of other wealthy individuals-institutions-whatever are taking us asteroid mining.

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