Asteroid Initiatives intends to substantially lower the cost of asteroid prospecting by taking the nano and femtospacecraft revolution into deep space. Before you can do asteroid mining, you have to do asteroid prospecting; Asteroid Initiatives intends to determine the economic potential of Near-Earth Asteroids by being the first to go to mining candidates. Asteroid Initiatives feels that the new space revolution will best grow and flourish by being open in nature. Asteroid Initiatives intends to support and promote, to the extent allowed by ITAR and other regulations, open protocols, open standards, and open hardware, providing kits and technical documentation to facilitation.