Survey
Map shape, fractures, rotation, and surface conditions from coordinated close-range passes.
Near-Earth resource systems
Harvesting resources beyond Earth
Developing lightweight AI-driven prospecting systems to survey near-Earth asteroids and prioritize targets with rare-earth elements, strategic metals, and feedstocks for new materials.
Survey
Characterize
Rank targets
FUTURE / MATERIAL OPERATIONSHuman-led, robot-assisted analysis
01 / First mission
Find the right targets before designing the mine
Near Earth Resources’ first operating focus is prospecting: lightweight autonomous drones surveying near-Earth asteroids to discover, compare, and rank sites with potential rare-earth elements, strategic metals, and useful material feedstocks.
Carbon-fiber composite structures keep each craft light, while purpose-built sensors gather complementary data. Only the strongest zones move to close inspection and micro-sample validation. That evidence guides every later material decision.
Learn about the mission
Characterize
Compare spectral, lidar, magnetic, and gravity data to identify material signatures.
Validate
Use small surface instruments and micro-cores to confirm the strongest candidate zones.
02 / Intelligence
AI across the survey lifecycle
The first operating model connects target discovery, coordinated drone surveys, and multi-sensor interpretation to rank rare-earth potential, strategic metals, and new-material feedstocks before any extraction system is designed.
01
Target identification
Analyze telescope and catalog data to shortlist candidate near-Earth asteroids.
02
Survey planning
Model close-range trajectories, coverage, communications, and drone task allocation.
03
Multi-sensor mapping
Combine lidar, spectral, magnetic, gravity, and visual observations into one resource map.
04
Resource ranking
Compare confidence, accessibility, rare-earth potential, composition, and mission constraints before validation.
03 / Lunar infrastructure
Containment before return
The lunar quarantine facility concept creates a controlled environment where human specialists and robotic assistants could receive, analyze, and process extraterrestrial materials before onward transport.
Containment
Layered isolation protocols for received extraterrestrial materials.
Analysis
Human-led robotic systems for controlled material characterization.
Processing
A controlled pathway for preparing materials before onward transport.
Build the next frontier
Unlock rare earths and new materials beyond Earth
Help build the prospecting and material systems that can turn off-world discoveries into strategic resources and entirely new manufacturing possibilities.