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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 set to begin hunt for asteroids to mine in 18-24 months Some time in the next 18 to 24 months, Planetary Resources, Inc. will launch a series of mass-produced 9" space telescopes, dubbed Arkyd Series 100 spacecraft. They're specifically designed to identify which of the roughly 8,900 near-Earth asteroids are both smaller than 50 meters and suitable targets for retrieval back to Earth orbit. These small near-Earth asteroids represent a transient ... 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' Crazy Plan to Mine an Asteroid May Not Be So Crazy 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," reads [...] 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 to Develop Asteroid Mining Planetary Resources, a Seattle-based space startup company, said on Tuesday that it is planning to capture water and precious metals from asteroids near the Earth. 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 about to announce some very ambitious plans about asteroid mining. Now, Planetary Resources has officially unveiled its plans. The plan will focus on two ... Planetary Resources Group Wants to Mine Asteroids Last week a new company backed by a number of high-tech billionaires said they would be announcing a new space venture, and there was plenty of speculation of what the company –– called Planetary Resources — would be doing. Many ventured the company would be an asteroid mining outfit, and now, the company has revealed [...]
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