๐ 2023 #Brokkr-2 will go on a mission to scout #DeepSpace and visit one of #AstroForgeโs target #asteroids โ๏ธ, which has not yet been made public.
Whatโs changed in the past decade is an emerging economy of companies offering #launch, #orbital and other #InSpace services. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2023/01/24/commercial-asteroid-mining-now-has-a-2023-launch-date-to-scout-its-first-target
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ICYMI, the asteroid mining start-up #AstroForge is preparing the first private mission to an #asteroid, called #Brokkr-2 - and categorically refuses to disclose which has already been selected as the primary target, something unheard of in 60 years of interplanetary travel: https://www.astroforge.io/updates/two-steps-closer-to-mining-in-deep-space-announcing-two-astroforge-missions-for-2023 and https://www.intuitivemachines.com/post/intuitive-machines-announces-agreement-to-deliver-astroforge-asteroid-mining-payload-to-deep-space as well as https://spacenews.com/asteroid-mining-startup-astroforge-to-launch-first-missions-this-year-2/ discussing the asteroid secrecy.