“We don’t really have a process for a space mission like this,” he said, because there is “no licensing process” in the United States.
But complex problems can arise, for example when multiple asteroid mines land on the same asteroid.
“There has to be a certain level of transparency,” said Dr. McDowell. He noted that while the United Nations requires space agencies and organizations to disclose their orbits and trajectories in space, “it’s usually ignored for objects orbiting the Sun.”
He added that the lack of penalties “should stimulate discussion among regulators.”
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AstroForge’s mission, Odin, will be the second spacecraft to be sent into space. His first device in April, Broker-1, was a microwave-sized machine that weighed about 25 pounds. The aim of this mission was to practice metal refining in space. The spacecraft had problems, but the company He said on December 11. AstroForge is in a “race against time” to defeat Brokkr-1 and run.
Odin, on the other hand, weighs a lot more at 220 pounds. AstroForge plans a robotic mission to the Moon in 2024 by NASA-sponsored Intuitive Machines, launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. A start date has not yet been set.
