Chris Lewicki believes that the past has a lot to tell us about the future of humans in space. He thinks back to 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark on a voyage of discovery to the American West. The rest of the country didn’t just marvel at the reports of natural wonders and vast expanses. Rather, Americans actually went to those places for adventure, to search for gold and silver, or to raise families and build a livelihood. The same thing, Lewicki says, will happen in space. Lewicki is CEO of the space start-up Planetary Resources. Its provocative tagline is “The asteroid mining company.” Planetary Resources wants to mine water contained in near-Earth asteroids and use it to produce liquid hydrogen rocket fuel. It hopes to turn asteroids into something like gas stations in space, making them launch pads for long-distance travel. Mining on asteroids may sound
The Planetary Resources CEO sees asteroids as the launch point for deeper space travel
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Lewicki (center) shown with cofounders Diamandis (left) and Anderson (right). (Credit: Associated Press)
C&EN talks with Chris Lewicki, space travel entrepreneur
Chemical & Engineering News ; 96 , 9 ; 30-31
2018-02-26
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