The company Planetary Resources had great success with their Arkyd-6 mission earlier this year and were recently purchased by a ConsenSys. I'm wondering if they have published any plans about future missions or what's next for the company as their timeline seems to have no data about the future.
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$\begingroup$ slightly related: space.stackexchange.com/a/4480/12102 $\endgroup$– uhohDec 7, 2018 at 19:38
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Their timeline has no info because Planetary resources is dead. They were unable to meet investor performance goals and then died. The buyout you mentioned was just a talent acquisition move, not a technology acquisition. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/amid-departures-planetary-resources-holds-hope-asteroid-mining-comeback/
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$\begingroup$ The link does not confirm your assertion that the company is dead. It may be, but I can't tell it from that link. $\endgroup$ Mar 16, 2019 at 17:05
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1$\begingroup$ Fair point, I suppose this article isn't terribly desriptive. ConsenSys is a blockchain company. They don't even do any sattelites. Also litterally every engineering lead left after the buyout. Someone I know who had connections there is where I got the information to read between the lines. $\endgroup$ Mar 17, 2019 at 1:58