Asteroid Mining Corp. executives from left to right: Head of American Operations Wes Faires; Chief Robotics Engineer Mickael Laine and CEO Mitch Hunter-Scullion with Richard Lochhead, Scotland's Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade posing with SCAR-E at the Space Economy Summit Oct. 11, 2023 in Los Angeles.

In the near term, the London-based startup will offer services with an six-legged, 20-kilogram robot called Space Capable Asteroid Robotic-Explorer (SCARE-E).

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...