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Chinese firm Origin Space to launch ‘first-ever’ mining robot into space – Mining Technology
Chinese private space resources company Origin Space is reportedly gearing up to send the world’s first mining robot into space by November this year.
Chinese private space resources company Origin Space is reportedly gearing up to send the worlds first mining robot into space by November this year.
The robot will not do any actual mining but will be used to test technologies, IEEE Spectrum reported.
Under the mission, Origin Space will conduct a preliminary assessment of the asteroid mining robots capabilities to identify and extract valuable resources.
The mission is aimed at the eventual mining of asteroids.
As part of this mission, Ori…
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