Prospecting Asteroids
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Public
Type: General Meetings
Keywords: Asteroids Satellite
Held on: Jul 15, 2015 (Wed) at 07:30 PM to Jul 15, 2015 (Wed) at 09:00 PM
Speaker: Krunal Desai and Brian Douglas
Location: Physics/Astronomy Auditorium (PAA), Room A102, Seattle, Washington
Event Coordinator: Christopher Laurel
Overview
Engineers from Planetary Resources—developers of technology for mining asteroids—will talk about their first spacecraft and its mission due for deployment from the ISS next week. Learn about the company, their mission and how a spacecraft in orbit (and the people on the ground!) can track the mission's progress.
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