#AstroForge CEO Matt Gialich isn’t surprised the startup failed to reach its destination on its first #asteroid mission #Odin in February: https://payloadspace.com/a-post-mission-debrief-with-astroforges-ceo/ - in fact, don’t be surprised if the next spacecraft, set to launch with Intuitive Machine’s IM-3 this fall, fails too.
A Post-Mission Debrief with AstroForge’s CEO

“Will we actually land on an asteroid and get these beautiful samples? Probably f------ not,” Gialich told Payload. “But do we hope to change the name of the game for access to deep space, and show people that the price point we’re doing this at is doable? I hope.”

Payload
From 06 Mar: Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon - A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in d... https://gizmodo.com/asteroid-mining-startup-loses-its-spacecraft-somewhere-beyond-the-moon-2000572644 #aerospace-technology #asteroid-mining #asteroids #astroforge #space-&-spaceflight
Asteroid Mining Startup Loses Its Spacecraft Somewhere Beyond the Moon

AstroForge's attempt to launch the first commercial deep space mission fell apart shortly after liftoff.

Gizmodo

Nearly every ground station 📡 experienced some kind of failure:

• Wrong configuration
• Incorrect pointing coordinates
• An unexpected loss of a power amplifier the day before our launch
• Interference from a recently built cell tower that, although not in our frequency band, created enough noise to disrupt communications
• Insufficient mid-path gain, meaning weak signals were not getting to our radio receiver
https://www.astroforge.com/updates/odint-mission-debrief

#Odin #SpaceCommunication #Astroforge #AsteroidMining

AstroForge | Odin't: A Complete Debrief of Our Deep Space Mission

Die erste private Asteroiden-Mission steht vor dem Aus: Kontakt zur #Odin-Sonde abgebrochen. Doch #AstroForge gibt nicht auf und plant bereits die nächste Mission. #Raumfahrt #Asteroidenbergbau https://winfuture.de/news,149303.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Private Mission zu einem Asteroiden: Odin-Sonde ist wohl verloren

Die erste private Mission zur Erkundung eines Asteroiden ist wohl gescheitert: Die Kommunikation mit der Sonde Odin ist abgebrochen, sie taumelt nun im Weltraum. Das Unternehmen will aber nicht aufgeben und plant bereits die nächste Mission.

WinFuture.de
Erste private Asteroidenbergbau-Mission gestartet: Sonde "Odin" untersucht Bergbaupotenzial des Asteroiden 2022 OB5. Neues Kapitel der kommerziellen Weltraumnutzung? #AstroForge #Weltraumbergbau https://winfuture.de/news,149186.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Abbau im All: Erste private Asteroidenbergbau-Mission gestartet

Ein privates Raumschiff ist zu einer beispiellosen Weltraummission aufgebrochen. Die Sonde "Odin" soll einen Asteroiden auf sein Bergbaupotenzial untersuchen. Das Projekt könnte den Beginn einer neuen Ära der kommerziellen Weltraumnutzung markieren.

WinFuture.de

National parks are underfunded. Firefighters are going into wildfire season understaffed. Food banks are suspending programs.
So what are House Republicans doing? Holding a hearing on space mining—an Elon Musk pet project that would make him even richer on the taxpayers’ dime.
Source : @nrdems

#corruption #wastefraudandabuse #musk #rephuffman #spaceballs #astroforge #grifters #nationalizeSpacex #maga
#nrdems

“A single one-kilometer-diameter asteroid, if it was platinum-bearing, would contain about 117,000 tons of #platinum. That’s about 680 years of global supply. You’re talking about centuries of platinum demand from a single #asteroid ☄️”. #Odin will arrive in late 📆 2025 after a journey of about 300 days to #2022OB5 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/science/astroforge-launch-asteroid-mining.html

#AstroForge #AsteroidMining

Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.

The New York Times
Astroforge bereidt zich voor op risicovolle asteroïdenmissie

Het ruimtevaartbedrijf AstroForge heeft ambitieuze plannen om kostbare metalen te winnen van asteroïden. Hun nieuwste missie, met de Odin-ruimtevaartuig, is g

Tech Nieuws
AstroForgeが商業用深宇宙ミッションのFCCライセンスを取得
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/tech/asteroid-mining-company-astroforge-gets-1st-ever-fcc-license-for-commercial-deep-space-mission

AstroForgeが米国のFCCから深宇宙での通信許可取得。Odinミッションに先駆け、地球との通信ネットワークを確立。将来的には小惑星へ着陸し、貴重な金属を採掘する予定の技術段階。

#SpaceNews #AstroForge #OdinMission
Asteroid-mining company AstroForge gets 1st-ever FCC license for commercial deep-space mission

The license covers the Odin mission, which will launch in early 2025 on board the next Intuitive Machines moon launch.

Space