Action Taken for the First Space Mining in History!

The year 2023 seems to be a year in which revolutionary developments will take place in studies on space. Because AstroForge, a private company, will go into space twice this year. In these journeys, the foundations of space mining will be laid. Let’s take a closer look at the details of this interesting event together.

AstroForge is a relatively new company and is interested in space mining. The company, which collected 13 million dollars in the investment tour it started last year, seems to have made good use of this money. Because the latest statements made by the company reveal that AstroForge will take the first concrete steps to mine in space this year.

On its first space flight in April, an asteroid-like material will be mined!

*Space refinery developed by AstroForge.

AstroForge’s remarkable project will officially launch in April 2023. A rocket to be launched into space by SpaceX will include the space miner developed by AstroForge. In the first step into space, it will be determined how the miner decomposes an asteroid-like substance (regolith) in space. Let’s say that asteroid-like material will be sent from Earth.

In the second journey, data will be collected from a real asteroid surface!

AstroForge teamed up with NASA to identify the most suitable asteroids for mining. Within the scope of these studies, an asteroid rich in metals is thought to have been determined. Here, the company’s second space trip will be exactly about this asteroid. Using high-resolution images, AstroForge will actually examine the surface of the asteroid in question to see if it’s suitable for mining.

In the statements made by the CEO of the company, Matt Gialich, it was stated that they needed to find a way to take the asteroids and process them in the space miner, and they believed they did this for the asteroid they targeted. Space travels will reveal whether the CEO is right.

AstroForge’s plans aren’t just these two space travels

Meanwhile; AstroForge has two more plans for the future. If the first two projects in 2023 are completed successfully, this time the third and fourth phases will begin. The company will try to land on an asteroid in the third stage. The fourth and final stage will be to bring the platinum collected from the asteroid to Earth. If all these are true, we will witness that the company started to do space mining within 10 years and started to sell the mines it collected on earth…