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UK’s Asteroid Mining Corp. unveils SCAR-E robot, Space Force to create ‘system deltas’ to sync space tech with operator needs
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https://spacenews.com/uks-asteroid-mining-corp-unveils-scar-e-robot/
> LOS ANGELES – In spite of its name, the Asteroid Mining Corp. is not banking on the space resources market materializing anytime soon.
> “We are a robotics company with asteroid-mining aspirations,” Mitch Hunter-Scullion, Asteroid Mining Corp. CEO and founder, said Oct. 11 at the Space Economy Summit here. “Space resources is a very exciting industry. But it’s one which, let’s be honest, isn’t currently existing fully into its mature sense.”
> “We are coming for you Boston Dynamics,” Hunter-Scullion said. “You have four legs. We have six. Our go-to-market strategy is to go to the industrial inspection market and go to places which four legged robots cannot.”
> “If you wanted to go into the Shackleton crater on the moon, you’re not going to be to get there with wheels,” Hunter-Scullion said.
> “We are looking for International Space Station and lunar applications for this very robot in about 2026, 2027,” Hunter-Scullion said. “Beyond that, we’d be looking to validate target selection for an expedition-class mission. Then, towards the end of this decade, if not the early 2030s, we’d be looking to send this very robot or its son up to the asteroids in order to start exploring the resources so the humanity can take advantage of our celestial backyard.”
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https://spacenews.com/space-force-to-create-system-deltas-to-sync-space-tech-with-operator-needs/
> Two new units — one for electronic warfare and one for positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) — will be organized under the Space Systems Command