PLANETARY RESOURCES is establishing a new paradigm for resource discovery and utilization that will bring the solar system into humanity’s sphere of influence. Our technical principals boast extensive experience in all phases of robotic space missions, from designing and building, to testing and operating. We are visionaries, pioneers, rocket scientists and industry leaders with proven track records on—and off—this planet.
More than 1,500 are as easy to reach as the Moon and are in similar orbits as Earth. Asteroids are filled with precious resources, everything from water to platinum. Harnessing valuable minerals from a practically infinite source will provide stability on Earth, increase humanity’s prosperity, and help establish and maintain human presence in space.
PLANETARY RESOURCES vision is bringing the natural resources of space within humanity’s economic sphere of influence, propelling our future into the 21st century and beyond. Water from asteroids will fuel the in-space economy, and RARE METALS will increase Earth’s GDP.
Just as the US space program takes a breather, a private start-up, Seattle-based PLANETARY RESOURCES, is making plans to mine asteroids in space for their precious metals.
GOOGLE FOUNDER Larry Page and Chair, Eric Schmidt are among its backers, along with K. Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo who sits on Google's board, Ross Perot, Jr. and others.
For the first time, humans will attempt to "MINE" the solar system, retrieving precious metals that are becoming scarce on Planet Earth as population continues to grow beyond its carrying capacity.
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