Castalia

Castalia is a spacecraft design concept developed by private industry to explore and utilize asteroids and other celestial resources. It envisions a modular, flexible spacecraft capable of landing on and processing asteroids for valuable materials like water, metals, and minerals. The goal is to enable sustainable space operations, support moon and Mars missions, and reduce reliance on Earth-based resources. Castalia emphasizes cost-effective, scalable technology to advance space resource extraction, contributing to scientific discovery and future space industry development.