SpaceDev Selects Asteroid `Nereus' for First Mission

PR Newswire | August 25, 1998 | Copyright

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- SpaceDev (OTC Bulletin Board: SPDV), the world's first commercial space exploration and development company, announced that it has selected the near Earth asteroid "Nereus" for its first mission. The destination was chosen as a result of a study conducted for SpaceDev by Tony Spear, Mars Pathfinder project manager.

"Nereus appears to present several better and important science opportunities including the potential of finding water and carbon compounds on the asteroid, and the unique chance to compare on-site measurements with ...

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