This team of miners have scored the find of their careers! this asteroid carries enough ore to retire wealthy even after the government and worse their company get A cut.
The capsule is an example of the long duration type used by commercial space freight and mining companies. It has a crew of two with equipment and provisions for an extended stay in space. Each crew is dropped off by a mother ship in their claim zone of the asteroid belt. The capsule is powered and they drag the captured rocks to the pickup location.bh
The astronauts have set the tow straps and navigation beacons and are ready to tow.
The capsule started as a vacuform polystyrene shell over a buck I turned. later, after detailing I molded it in parts and hollow cast the hull in urethane resin. The heat shield was turned from acrylic and also molded in silicone and cast solid in resin for weight.
The astronauts are sculpted from wire and epoxy putty. The asteroid is made of urethane expanding foam, paper clay, and blasting glass bead for texture. The paint is urethane, acrylic, enamel, watercolor and some spray can junk.
