CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which country is to send the world’s first mining robot named ‘Asteroid Mining robot’ into space? Notes: China is expected to send the world’s first mining robot into space by November 2020 through a private Beijing company, Origin Space.

Detailed explanation-2: -The NEO-01, developed by Nanjing-based Origin Space Technology Co, which claims to be the first Chinese company dedicated to exploring and utilizing space resources, was launched on a Long March 6 rocket for space debris removal and asteroids mining experiments in deep space in April 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yuanwang-1 The Mission is to be launched in 2021 or 2022. It has been nick named “Little Hubble”. The mission involves lunar landing eventually.

Detailed explanation-4: -AstroForge is another company that believes space mining will become a reality. Founded in 2022 by a former SpaceX engineer and a former Virgin Galactic engineer, AstroForge still believes there is money to be made in mining asteroids for precious metals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Asteroid mining is the hypothetical exploitation of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects.