4 companies · 8 sourced backers · 21 milestones on record
Space resource extraction aims to recover useful materials from asteroids and the Moon, including platinum-group metals and helium-3. The companies are working toward asteroid capture, autonomous harvesting, and transport systems that can deliver usable resources rather than only reach or observe space objects.
Where the 4 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Making asteroid capture and resource handling practical
- ▸Developing autonomous spacecraft capable of harvesting resources
- ▸Extracting and returning usable materials
- ▸Building a functioning lunar supply chain
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- AstroForge
To recover useful platinum-group metals from asteroids.
Lab · backed by Initialized Capital, Y Combinator
- Interlune
To harvest useful resources from the Moon, including helium-3.
Lab · backed by Seven Seven Six Capital
- Karman+
To make autonomous spacecraft capable of recovering useful resources from asteroids.
Lab · backed by Plural, Hummingbird
- TransAstra
To make asteroid capture and space-resource logistics practical capabilities.
Lab · backed by SpaceFund
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