This week, AstroForgeprovideda worrying update on its Brokkr-1 satellite demo mission.
The satellite launched on April 15 onboard SpaceXs Transporter-7 mission and immediately experienced a setback.
However, our analysis and planning did not account for how long it would take to identify our satellite.
AstroForge’s spacecraft undergoing a hot fire test before launch.Screenshot: AstroForge
Demo missions like Brokkr-1 are like the months of practice leading up to a big game, AstroForge wrote.
In our case, Brokkr-1 was the practice and the big game is our upcoming deep space mission.
Platinum, for example, isvaluedat almost $15,000 per pound.
As towhether asteroid mining will actually be worth all the effort, well, that remains to be proven.
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