It's Official Planetary Resources Announces Plans to Mine Asteroids Billionaires To Announce New Space Startup Next Week Top News Headlines Sanford Rejects Police Chief Resignation Firm has its sight set on mining asteroids Planetary's Plan an Asteroid Resources' Crazy May Not Be So Big Names Backing Possible Mining Venture Would Lasso Billionaire Miners Boldly Slowly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before JAMES CAMERON INVESTS IN SPACE EXPLORATION COMPANY Daily Roundup Google Goes Out Of This World Tech Audacious Mission The company will... add trillions of dollars the global GDP and http//t.co/Mo0fm7bH #scifi #tcm Polymaths Expected Unveil a startup vows redefine 'natural resources' Desperate Green Losers Try Regroup for water platinum

Asteroid Mining Plans Revealed By Planetary Resources, Inc. SEATTLE, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development ... Planetary Resources Aims to Mine Asteroids for Water, Platinum The celebrity backed space mining venture is officially unveiled, backers include director James Cameron, and Google CEO Larry Page and chairman Eric Schmidt. Planetary Resources unveils cosmic plan 'to boldly go' and mine asteroids for gold and platinum Planetary Resources, a US startup which aims to slash the cost of space exploration by as much as 99pc, has unveiled its plans to mine in space, harvesting asteroids for precious gold, platinum and rare ... Planetary Resources to Begin Asteroid Prospecting, Mining Venture Planetary Resources has announced a commercial effort to prospect for and mine resources from Earth approaching asteroids, according to a news release. The enterprise includes luminaries from the business, aerospace, and technology worlds. Planetary Resources' Crazy Plan to Mine an Asteroid May Not Be So Crazy The asteroid Vesta In a widely anticipated announcement today, the new company Planetary Resources revealed their plans for near-Earth asteroid domination. The group has mapped out a multi-stage process to map, observe, capture, tow and eventually mine asteroids for valuables. "A single 500-meter platinum-rich asteroid contains the equivalent of all the platinum group metals mined in history ... Planetary Resources reveals plan for prospecting asteroids, creating interstellar gas stations The cat got let out of the bag a little early , but Planetary Resources has now officially announced its existence and mission. We already told you that the venture plans to mine asteroids for profit, and is backed by a bunch of bigwigs from Silicon Valley and Hollywood. But now we know a bit more about the company after watching its announcement webcast and speaking with co-founder Peter ... Planetary Resources, Backed By Google Execs And James Cameron, Hopes To Mine Asteroids Surrounding Earh On April 24, a group of wealthy entrepreneurs, including Google Inc. executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and filmmaker James Cameron, formed a new business venture to survey and extract rare metals and minerals from asteroids. It's Official: Planetary Resources Announces Plans to Mine Asteroids Last week, a press release from big names like Larry Page, Ross Perot and James Cameron about combining space exploration with resource extraction made it all but obvious that somebody was going to announce some very ambitious plans surrounding asteroid mining. Now, Planetary Resources has officially unveiled its plans. Alex Knapp has more analysis. Planetary Resources seeks to mine asteroids' riches A space startup says nearby asteroids can be mined for water, platinum, and other natural resources to enable space exploration and bring those valuable materials to Earth. Asteroid mining: Land grab in space Planetary Resources seeks to mine asteroids to further space exploration and to bring resources back to Earth. Experts say the idea is no longer science fiction.
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