The next era of space exploration will involve longer missions and sustainability. But the drive for sustainability here on Earth could lead to commercial asteroid mining.
Astroforge developed a technique to refine materials in-space. They’re staying mostly mum on how it solves the myriad technical challenges of asteroid mining.
Founded as early as January 2022, California-based startup AstroForge raised $13 million in seed funding to build advanced technology in mining asteroids for so-called platinum-group metals.