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Arizona man wins 20-minute space trip by walking around Seattle’s Space Needle halo
Read more →: Arizona man wins 20-minute space trip by walking around Seattle’s Space Needle haloJust a nice stroll around the Space Needle Gregory Schneider, a 28-year-old father of two from Arizona, beat…
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China Launches New Tianhui Mapping Satellite
Read more →: China Launches New Tianhui Mapping SatelliteJIUQUAN, Gansu, May 6 (Xinhua) — China successfully launched its Tianhui I-02 mapping satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite…
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GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thought
Read more →: GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thoughtOur topic this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is space, and our possible future in…
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Pictures: Boeing drops its spaceship from 14,000 feet
Read more →: Pictures: Boeing drops its spaceship from 14,000 feetBoeing’s CST-100 descends from the sky over Arizona. (Image credits: Boeing) Here’s another milestone in the commercial space…
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GeekWire Radio: Mining asteroids in space, and finding the best food on Earth
Read more →: GeekWire Radio: Mining asteroids in space, and finding the best food on EarthWe’ve got all sorts of innovation to talk about on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast. Chaitanya…
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Asteroid mining company flooded with job applications
Read more →: Asteroid mining company flooded with job applicationsWho wouldn’t want to work with these guys? Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki and Eric Anderson of Planetary Resources…
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Rockets, robots and a big week in the ‘Silicon Valley of Space’
Read more →: Rockets, robots and a big week in the ‘Silicon Valley of Space’Blue Origin’s space capsule. We’ve had fun this week following the story of Planetary Resources, the new startup…
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Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction fact
Read more →: Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction factIt was the very last question at the news conference announcing Planetary Resources’ plans to find mineral-rich asteroids,…
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Robots in Space: Live from the Planetary Resources news conference
Read more →: Robots in Space: Live from the Planetary Resources news conferenceBroadcast live streaming video on Ustream UPDATE: The news conference is over, but you can read our live…
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Mining asteroids: The official word (and videos) from Planetary Resources
Read more →: Mining asteroids: The official word (and videos) from Planetary ResourcesPlanetary Resources, a Bellevue-based startup backed by big names in space, technology and movies, has grabbed the attention…
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Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceship
Read more →: Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceshipAfter the big Planetary Resources asteroid-mining news conference today, the executives behind the venture talked more casually with…
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Space robot company may pull an asteroid into orbit
Read more →: Space robot company may pull an asteroid into orbitMore details emerged today about Planetary Resources, and the Bellevue-based startup’s plans are sounding more and more like…