Whether it is DSI or "planetary resources," one cannot but mention a top non-profit organization: the X Prize Foundation.
The X Prize's board members include such prominent figures as Larry Page, Elon Musk, and James Cameron ; its sponsors include international giants such as Google, IBM, Qualcomm, and Shell Oil.
As a non-profit organization, X Prize collaborates with several companies on human frontier technology competition projects, including Google Lunar X Prize landing competition, IBM Watson AI X-Prize artificial intelligence competition, suborbital flight project Ansari XPRIZE and so on.
The private companies related to space exploration in the United States are more or less related to this foundation : Its board member Naveen Jain is the founder of Moon Express, a private moon exploration company, and member of the board of directors Eric C. Anderson is the founder of “planetary resourcesâ€. In addition, Rick N. Tumlinson, co-founder of DSI, was once a member of the board of X Prize, but only spent 1 year and left in 1995.
It is worth mentioning that Peter H. Diamandis, the founder and chairman of the board of directors of X Prize, is the founder of "planetary resources." It is no surprise that the "planetary resources" investors include Larry Page, James Cameron, and Eric Schmidt.
Let's take a brief look at the background of the "planetary resources" and the founders of DSI: The founders of the two companies are all experienced serial entrepreneurs in the space field, and CEOs are generally technical talents.
Planet Resources Team BackgroundThe founders of Planet Resources are Peter H. Diamandis and Eric C. Anderson, both of whom are members of the X Prize's board of directors. Diamandis personally practices his famous saying "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself ." He is also the founder of Singular University and founder of International Space University. In 2014, it was ranked among the 50 greatest global leaders of Fortune magazine.
From left to right: Chris Lewicki, Peter H. Diamandis, and Eric C. Anderson
Both Diamandis and Anderson have had close cooperation before Planetary Resources. They are also the founders of Zero Gravity, a renewable energy company, and Space Adventures, a space travel company. Space Adventures, founded in 1998, was the first company in the world to engage in space business travel. It had successfully sent seven "local tyrants" to the International Space Station for play.
The CEO of Planetary Resources is Chris Lewicki. He has been working at NASA for more than nine years since 1999 and once led the Phoenix Mars Rover project. The "Planetary Resources" technical management team of scientists recently executed four of NASA's Mars lander project composed, very tough.
The picture shows the Phoenix Mars Rover
DSI team backgroundThe founders of DSI are Rick N. Tumlinson and David Gump. As mentioned above, Tumlinson was also a board member of X Prize, but his term of office is very short. He has established a number of space commercial companies and non-profit organizations such as the Space Frontier Foundation. In 2004 he was named one of the most influential people in the space industry by Space News magazine.
From left to right: Daniel Faber, Rick N. Tumlinson, and David Gump
David Gump serves as Director of DSI Marketing and External Liaison. The relationship with NASA is mainly handled by him. He is most famous for launching the first commercial advertisement for Radio Shack on the International Space Station in 2001 (Radio Shack is a physical electronic product retailer with almost 100 years of history in the US, but Bankruptcy in 2015). He also served as the president of Astrobotic technology for four years before leaving to start a business. Astrobotic is participating in the Google Lunar X Prize lunar signing contest and has already signed a $12 million order with NASA. DSI also received two contracts from NASA in 2014 to explore the commercialization and industrialization of asteroid mining.
DSI's CEO is Daniel Faber, a technology-born aerospace engineer who previously served as chief operating officer at DSI. As an advisor to the board of directors of the National Aerospace Society of America. Many micro and micro satellites have been produced, and many airlines are also responsible for engineering projects.
In general, the background of “planetary resources†is truly luxurious. This company is simply born with a gold spoon, and it is not difficult to get a lot of money. Compared with DSI, the background is relatively weak .
Let's take a look at the current stage of the two companies and the progress of the asteroid exploration program.
Immediately make money and scrambling videosThe first is “planetary resources.†While they are describing to the public the rich future of asteroids, the most important point is: Now, Right Now can make money . In the previous article, Xiao Bian has already mentioned that at present, the most critical task of asteroid mining is actually not mining, but “prospectingâ€, and it is particularly important to choose an asteroid with a high return on investment.
At present, "planetary resources" has a product called "Ceres" (Ceres's pronunciation is similar to Apple's Siri).
Ceres is mainly used for Earth observation. It consists of 10 microsatellites. It not only can take pictures of every corner of the earth like traditional satellites, but also applies medium-wave infrared and hyperspectral imaging technology , which can carry out temperature mapping, water distribution mapping. The mapping of resources such as oil and oil can also be used to identify various types of precise large-scale data such as the variety and maturity of crops. Ceres's information is updated on a weekly basis and can be applied to various fields such as precision agriculture, resource management and natural disaster detection.
The Ceres observation system is the cornerstone of the future detection of asteroidal vein technology. Moreover, it can now generate profits.
In comparison, DSI has made its way directly to the asteroids. In its recently released promotional video, DSI has revealed an infinite sense of sci-fi, but there is no short-term profit plan.
DSI's current equipment in R&D is direct access to Prospector-X, a prospector for asteroids, and Prospector-1 . The former is the cooperation between the DSI and the Luxembourg government at the beginning of this year to develop experimental prospectors, which are expected to be tested in 2017. The latter will It is an upgraded and upgraded version of the former and is expected to launch into the asteroid in 2020.
Prospector-1 concept map
The core technology of the Prospector series is an electrothermal propeller called "Comet", fueled by ultra-high-temperature steam, and "water" will also be the first resource Prospector-1 will find on asteroids. How DSI's true technical level will need to wait until 2017 to find out.
Obviously, compared to the “Planetary Resources†pragmatic development strategy, DSI is currently straddling a bit too big. "Planetary Resources" has one vote behind the support of capital tycoon, and there are already products that can be profitable in the short term. While DSI has won two orders from NASA, the specific products have not yet been produced, and the profit outlook only comes from the small ones. Optimistic conception of planetary resources.
If the two are regarded as competitors, DSI cannot match "planetary resources" in terms of fund background, technical team, and profitability prospects. However, the writer prefers to treat them both as "partners." The long-standing Star River, a company that is fighting alone, may be too lonely. After all, this will be an unprecedented commercial road in human history.
PS: Xiaobian has already carried the “planetary resources†and the DSI propaganda videos to the wall. Interested friends can click on the following links to receive the “Planetary Resources†promotion video and DSI promotion video.
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