BW-7 capture vehicle.
A net for falling asteroids.
One launch delivers an autonomous probe and a 240-meter industrial net to any near-Earth asteroid on an inbound trajectory. We catch it, kill its spin, and mine it on the way home.
The capture web is a paraboloid mesh of UHMWPE and braided steel, tensioned by twelve drawstring winches at the rim. Closure takes 8.2 seconds from contact. The probe bus provides de-spin authority, solar power, and the return burn.
Rideshare launch → phasing cruise → rendezvous at 1.2 km → net deployment → capture & de-spin → trajectory bend to cislunar depot → in-transit beneficiation → ore handover in high lunar orbit.
| Net aperture (deployed) | 240 m |
| Max capture mass | 12,000 t |
| Rim closure time | 8.2 s |
| Tether root load rating | 4.8 MN |
| De-spin authority | 0.5°/s per min |
| Bus power (solar) | 22 kW |
| Outputs | volatiles · PGM concentrate |
| Delivery orbit | cislunar depot |
SEED 2024 · SERIES A 2025
Founded by guidance, mining-automation, and tether-dynamics engineers from the Dragon, autonomous-haulage, and space-debris-capture programs. 31 people, one test rig, and a net already flying.
| 2024 | Ground testbed — 1:10 net closure at full speed | COMPLETE |
| 2025 | $48M Series A · winch + tether qualification | COMPLETE |
| 2026 | BW-1 — 24 m net deployment & closure in LEO | IN ORBIT |
| 2028 | BW-3 — demonstration capture, 9 m near-Earth rock | PLANNED |
| 2029 | Cislunar depot & processing partnership | PLANNED |
| 2031 | BW-7 — first commercial capture, 12,000 t | BOOKING |
Pierce set the capture-vehicle architecture and the thesis behind it: the cheapest mine to reach is the one already falling toward you. He runs trajectory, hardware, and the raise.
BIG WEB is booking capture windows for the 2031 close-approach cohort. Claim a rock before it lands on someone else's manifest. The mission prospectus covers target selection, capture economics, ore handling, and the reservation schedule.