Tag: brent spiner
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Asteroid-mining company raises $1M for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope
It’s official: The world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope will be sent into space within two years. Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, met its Kickstarter campaign goal of $1 million on Thursday, as more than 12,000 backers pitched in to launch a customized version of the company’s Arkyd-100 robot spaceship with an external camera into near-Earth…
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Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel, and the link between humanity and technology
Brent Spiner, a.k.a. “Data” from Star Trek, tried out Google Glass for the first time on Wednesday at the Museum of Flight. Spiner was in town supporting Planetary Resources’ Kickstarter campaign. He didn’t realize it at the time, but when Brent Spiner portrayed an android named “Data,” during 177 episodes of Star Trek, he was…
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Bill Nye and Star Trek’s ‘Data’ helping asteroid miners with ‘unprecedented’ new project
Planetary Resources is on a mission to mine near-earth asteroids and now they want you to join in on the fun, too. The Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace will hold a press conference this Wednesday to announce a new, “unprecedented project” intended to give the public access to its advanced space…