01 June 2016
Planetary Resources, Inc. secures funding for Ceres
... including agricultural, oil and gas, mining and insurance industries. Ceres will leverage Planetary Resources’ Arkyd spacecraft to deliver data on natural resources from any spot on the planet. While typical satellite imagery provides only a picture...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... era bring-everything-with-you propellant used today.’ Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki and Steve Jurvetson of Planetary Resources unveiling their 3D Printed satellite in February 2014 But the space mining industry can also aid in producing...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... date have been the so-called asteroid mining companies: Planetary Resources (PRI) and Deep Space Industries (DSI) being ... develops. Earlier in 2017 it invested US$29 million in Planetary Resources and also agreed to fund a spacecraft for Deep Space...
March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
.... It also increases the risk for political friction between nations over the potential economic benefits of space resources. One of Planetary Resources’ targets is an X-type asteroid which may contain more platinum than has ever been mined on Earth...
11 January 2016
Space Mining company showcase the first 3D printed object made from asteroid metals
..., that although this may all sound rather like science-fiction, it is something that is being looked at now by Planetary Resources and it is only a matter of time before we start having a commercialised space industry that thrives not only on this...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... has become difficult in recent months; for example, companies such as Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, both champions of space mineral resource exploitation and once backed by famous personalities in Silicon Valley, have stalled...