СVESING ASTROFORGE A SpaceX rocket will launch an experimental mini-refinery into Earth’s orbit to extract its own platinum to usl to usl. If successful, in the end, the second mission begins to search for the ore-bearing asteroids themselves in near space.
After the success of the Hayabusa-2 mission with landing and taking soil from the asteroid Ryugu, it became clear that the extraction of minerals from space bodies was only a matter of time. Money – the main advantage of the AstroForge project is that its founders found a source of nasing. This refers to cases of using environmental protection and countries that should not pollute the environment.
Purification of millions of tons of radioactive removal of a few kilograms of “rare earths” causes enormous harm to nature, so AstroForge proposes to use this process on the asteroid itself. A drilling station flies there with a supply of reagents, a container with clean absorption on a huge amount of money goes back, everything harmful remains in the depths of space. Humanity receives a double benefit and opens up new horizons, which will successfully pay off all investments.
The project has no scientific significance, its commercial potential is huge, and space is currently being actively explored with the help of business, which attracts AstroForge tourists. In addition to SpaceX, they intend to use the services of another space company, Intuitive Machines, which plans to send a lander with an assembly to the Moon as early as this year. Among it may be a reconnaissance ship that sets off from the moon in search of a suitable reconnaissance ship. asteroid.
Source: Tech Cult
