Deep Space Industries, Inc.

Mining & Minerals - Evaluations / Off-World Exploration, Mining, & Technology

Date posted: 03/28/17

Deep Space Industries is an Asteroid Mining company, developing the technologies to find, harvest, and supply the asteroid resources that will transform the space economy. DSI also delivers robust technology products for the most demanding space applications. High-performance spacecraft components, developed in support of asteroid mining, enhance and enable innovative satellite missions in Earth orbit. The business of space is growing rapidly. It is currently a $330 billion industry with accelerating growth. The number of new private companies being created to use space commercially is at an all-time high, with $13.3 billion invested in over eighty space startup companies since 2000. Continuing rapid growth of in-space businesses will increase the need for an in-space supply of propellants, life support materials, metals, and other commodities. This is the goal of Deep Space Industries, in-space delivery of the right materials, to the right place, for the right price, to support the sustainable expansion of Earth economy into space. Asteroid mining begins with prospecting for the best resources. Then materials are harvested and processed into refined, usable supplies. Finally, these resources can be manufactured into finished products. DSI and its partners are developing end-to-end technologies to accomplish these steps in the unique environment of space. Asteroid resources include all the same materials planets are made of, providing an abundant supply of exactly what we need in space. Specifically, C-group and related classes of asteroids contain high abundances of water and important elements, including organic carbon, sulfur, nitrogen, and phosphorus, as well as ferrous metals. And platinum, cobalt, and rare-earth minerals, plus others....