Private space telescope could boost asteroid mining
October 10, 2012
B612 Foundation’s Sentinel should discover 500,000 near-Earth space rocks
The nonprofit B612 Foundation’s Sentinel space telescope should discover 500,000 near-Earth asteroids within 5 1/2 years of its planned 2017 or 2018 launch, B612 officials say. Some of those space rocks may pose a threat to our planet down the road, while others might be good targets for resource extraction.
