{"id":13382,"date":"2016-10-20T14:18:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T18:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13382"},"modified":"2016-10-20T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T20:20:28","slug":"videos-asteroid-mining-3d-printing-in-space-smallsats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13382","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Asteroid mining + 3D printing in space + Smallsats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interview with Chris Lewicki, chief of the asteroid mining company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PlanetaryResources.com\" target=\"_blank\">Planetary Resources<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>As Humans venture out far away from the Earth into the solar system, they will need material resources to keep us going. Where do we get those from? One for-profit company, Planetary Resources, wants to be the one to make it happen. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We had a chance to speak with the company&#8217;s President and CEO, Chris Lewicki about the company&#8217;s plans to survey, prospect, and exploit near-Earth asteroids. The company has a lot of financial backing and has plans to send its first satellite to an asteroid in 2020. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This interview was originally broadcast as part of our ongoing Facebook Live segment, The Convo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PCMag\/videos\/10154546668188396\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/PCMag\/videos&#8230;<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FL2GPY1G-xg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p>Jason Dunn, CTO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.madeinspace.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Made In Space<\/a>, talks about the role of 3d printing in space development:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>NASA intern turned Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Jason Dunn, saw what was holding humans back from colonizing outer space&#8230;and decided to do something about it. With his company Made in Space\u2019s cutting-edge 3D printer, astronauts can break their reliance on costly resupply missions from Earth and\u2014for the first time ever\u2014build new supplies for themselves in space. Dunn and his team believe their invention will usher in a new era of dramatic progress in space.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KW5cy6mj9CI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Craig Clark, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clyde.space\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clyde Space<\/a> in Scotland, talks about their smallsat projects:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCyXmYcv_zs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: An interview about long time space advocate and entrepreneur <a href=\"https:\/\/spacefrontier.org\/founders\/rick-tumlinson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Tumlinson<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newworlds2016.space\/\" target=\"_d\">New Worlds Conferences<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hHeoFMZuCs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interview with Chris Lewicki, chief of the asteroid mining company Planetary Resources: As Humans venture out far away from the Earth into the solar system, they will need material resources to keep us going. Where do we get those from? One for-profit company, Planetary Resources, wants to be the one to make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13382\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Asteroid mining + 3D printing in space + Smallsats<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,74,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-business","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3tQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3050,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3050","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":0},"title":"Video: Planetary Society Hangout with Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest Hangout of the Planetary Society welcomes Chris Lewicki of Planetary Resources, Inc. who talks about their Arkyd space telesope project and asteroid mining : Planetary Society Hangout: Arkyd Telescopes, Planetary Resources, Chris Lewicki, Bill Nye - The Planetary Society http:\/\/youtu.be\/oZGXmFliiO8","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/oZGXmFliiO8\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13060,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13060","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":1},"title":"Space mining CEO &#038; OSIRIS-REx scientist to host Google Hangout to talk about asteroids and Xtronaut game","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 18, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Chris Lewicki of the \u00a0asteroid mining company Planetary Resources\u00a0and Prof. Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona and a scientist on the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission (see earlier posting) will host a Google Hangout at\u00a011:00\u00a0am\u00a0PT (2:00 pm ET, 6:00\u00a0pm\u00a0GMT) on Friday:\u00a0Chris Lewicki & Dante Lauretta talk about asteroids, launches, and Xtronaut:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=as2&o=1&a=B016VA9F30","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3044,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3044","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":2},"title":"Asteroid Zoo citizen science program &#8211; stretch goal for Planetary Resources Arkyd Kickstarter","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Planetary Resources and Zooniverse plan a collaboration - Asteroid Zoo - if the Kickstarter campaign for the\u00a0 ARKYD space telescope for the public reaches $1.7M: Planetary Resources Calls on Citizens of Earth to\u00a0Aid in Planetary Defense Company Announces New Crowdfunding Goal to Create \u201cAsteroid Zoo\u201d for Public to Search for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5399,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5399","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":3},"title":"Planetary Resources and NASA partnering to crowdsource asteroid detection","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Planetary Resources\u00a0\"The Asteroid Mining Company\" has announced a partnership with NASA \u00a0to design and implement crowdsourcing algorithm challenges in the effort to detect, track and characterize near-Earth objects (NEOs).\u00a0 All data compiled and used for these challenges will be open-sourced and publicly available. Planetary Resources Partners with NASA to Crowdsource\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8180,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8180","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":4},"title":"Asteroid Zoo: A new citizen science project","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from\u00a0Planetary Resource\u00a0and\u00a0Zooniverse: PLANETARY RESOURCES AND ZOONIVERSE LAUNCH ASTEROID ZOO, A CITIZEN SCIENCE ASTEROID CHALLENGE Asteroid Zoo Engages Public in Search for Near Earth Asteroids that are Potentially Hazardous, Resource Rich or Possible Human Destinations Redmond, Washington \u2013 June 24, 2014 \u2013 Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining company, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asteroids &amp; Comets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asteroids &amp; Comets","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=75"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6842,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6842","url_meta":{"origin":13382,"position":5},"title":"NASA&#8217;s Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A message from Planetary Resources: Be an Asteroid Hunter in NASA's First Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest Series NASA\u2019s Asteroid Data Hunter contest series will offer $35,000 in awards over the next six months to citizen scientists who develop improved algorithms that can be used to identify asteroids. 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