Deep Space Industries
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Space technology Space resources Space exploration |
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| Founded | January 22, 2013 |
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Rick N. Tumlinson Daniel Faber David Gump Kirby Ikin John Mankins Stephen Covey Mark Sonter Christopher Cassell James Luebke Bryan Versteeg James Wolff |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, United States |
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Key people
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Rick N. Tumlinson, Chairman Daniel Faber, CEO John S. Lewis, Chief Scientist |
| Products | FireFly 1, 2, 3 DragonFly 1, 2 3 Harvestor 1 MicroGravity Foundry |
| Website | www.deepspaceindustries.com |
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Footnotes / references |
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 “Episode 206: Is Space the Place? Trying to Save Humanity by Mining Asteroids”, Chemical Heritage Foundation
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Deep Space Industries, or DSI, is an American privately-held company with global operations, operating in the space technology and resources sectors. The company is developing spacecraft technologies that are needed for asteroid mining, and is currently selling satellites that use these technologies. DSI is expecting to make in-space materials, extracted from asteroids, commercially available in the early 2020s, include space-based refueling, power, asteroid processing, and manufacturing.
DSI was formally announced on January 22, 2013 and at the time had three spacecraft and patent-pending microgravity manufacturing technologies under development. According to David Gump, founding CEO, speaking at the company's launch in Santa Monica, California, another early goal of the company was to refuel communications satellites that contain a refueling interface. He also projected that NASA could be a potential customer, with DSI fueling manned and robotic Mars missions in low Earth orbit before they set off for the red planet. Long term, DSI indicated that they planned to construct large communications platforms and space-based-solar-power satellites. Long-term plans envision the development of space colonies and vehicles from asteroid material.
As of January, 2013, DSI was seeking US$20 million in order to further the development of its technologies and spacecraft.
As of 2013[update], the company CEO was David Gump, previously of Transformational Space Corporation and Astrobotic Technology. Chairman Rick N. Tumlinson is a founder of the Space Frontier Foundation, among other organizations in the field of space exploration. Sometime prior to August 2016, Daniel Faber became the CEO.
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