It's Official Planetary Resources Announces Plans to Mine Asteroids James Cameron Google Founder Larry Page and Ross Perot May Be Launching an Asteroid Mining Company mining other outthere ideas from the tech titans wants launch asteroid venture within 10 years StartUp Outlines AsteroidMining Strategy is company strikeitrich plan aims strike it rich Today in Tech CEO backs Is planning Create 'Gas Stations' Space Big Names Backing Possible Venture Billionaires really cheaper mine platinum Would Lasso There’s them there asteroids Stellar Opportunity Founders Eye Daily Roundup Goes Out Of This World Plan Audacious Mission

Asteroid mining and other out-there ideas from the tech titans Google Inc. Chief Executive Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt are two of the high-profile backers of Planetary Resources Inc., a newly formed company that plans to spend millions of dollars on the distinctly sci-fi goal of mining the surface of near-Earth asteroids for precious metals and rare metallic elements. Is Asteroid Mining Possible? Study Says Yes, for $2.6 Billion The prospect of mining asteroids may sound like science fiction, but that's exactly what the ambitious new company Planetary Resources, Inc. plans to do — and a recent study by  NASA, university and private groups says it's actually possible. First step in asteroid mining The venture known as Planetary Resources eventually plans to go asteroid mining — but the first step in the billionaire-backed business plan is to launch an orbital fleet of "personal space telescopes" capable of looking out into the heavens or back down on Earth. Why Asteroid Mining Makes Huge Dollars and Sense Science fiction dreams of mining riches from asteroids only make sense if humans can make it worth their time and effort. The new Planetary Resources group backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and Hollywood moguls is now betting on the fact that there is big money in mining space rocks. Asteroid Mining in Fiction, Past and Present A new billionaire-backed venture announced today that it plans to use robots to mine asteroids for precious metals and in the process add trillions of dollars to the global economy. If the so-called Planetary Resources group, which includes director James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page, succeed, they will breathe life into an idea that is more than a century old and a staple of many ... Does Asteroid Mining Violate Space Law? Several well-known billionaires are forming the new company Planetary Resources with plans to send a robotic spacecraft to mine precious metals from an asteroid and bring them back to Earth. Google executives Larry Page and Eric Schmidt and their business partners say the enterprise will "add trillions to the global GDP." Billionaires Fund Asteroid Mining Mission When I first watched James Cameron's Avatar, all I could think about was how cool it would be to have a living, breathing, giant avatar of my own. Then when I watched it again, the issue of exploiting Pandora's natural … Continue reading → Billionaires Fund Asteroid Mining Mission is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the Kindle! Subscribe today . Give Asteroid Mining a Chance; The 'Walking Dead' Video Game Arrives We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: asteroid mining, explained, The Walking Dead the video game is like a more prolific version of the ... Asteroid mining mission aims to take riches from space Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron goes as planned. Asteroid Miners Wanted to Tap Space Rock Riches If you've ever wanted to be an asteroid miner, here's your chance.
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