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Blue Origin's Blue Ring Asteroid Prospectors May 19, 2026 12:19 pm BuckGalaxy

Make it so.

Chief Scientist, Steve Squyres, weighed in: Deploy multiple prospecting SmallSats to fly by asteroids and assess their resource potential. Which ones are made of metal, including valuable platinum group metals? And which ones are rich in organics, and in water that can be used to make propellants? Just one mission. Multiple asteroids surveyed.

  • And even more space groupie bogosity by ER 2026-05-20 09:15:54
    • Putting the cart before the horse by BuckGalaxy 2026-05-20 11:21:41
      • The Order Of Things by podrock 2026-05-21 13:55:30
        • Thanks Pod by BuckGalaxy 2026-05-21 16:56:16
          • Prospect Ceres by podrock 2026-05-21 22:56:18
            • Ceres is a big rock by BuckGalaxy 2026-05-22 14:33:15
            • Priorities by ER 2026-05-21 17:37:19
              • Pencil-necked geeks by BuckGalaxy 2026-05-22 14:42:31
                • touché by ER 2026-05-22 16:33:52

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