August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
...real-time tracking, full-motion video and images that span much of the electromagnetic spectrum. Planetary Resources is taking its space resource technologies and turning its space telescopes to look at Earth. We will provide new types of information...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... be the only privately owned Moon materials on Earth”. Another private US company with outer space mining ambitions is Planetary Resources, whose early investors included Larry Page, Richard Branson and Warren Buffet. It has set its sights...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... technology to mine asteroids. Google has invested in SpaceX and Google co-founder Larry Page was an early investor in Planetary Resources. Navain Jain, a multi-millionaire who made his fortune before the Dotcom bubble burst, is a founding partner...
03 February 2016
Luxembourg announces plan to mine asteroids
... up for this very purpose, two of which, Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources both based in the US, are two of Luxembourg’s potential commercial partners. Planetary Resources have already made the first 3D printed object made from asteroid...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... of space mining. Four US companies - Deep Space Industries, Planetary Resources, Moon Express and Shackleton Resources - have already declared their intention to engage in natural resource extraction. Indeed, a new US law enacted in December 2015...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
..., diversify, and decentralise space endeavours, following its parent company’s acquisition of Planetary Resources. Brian previously served as General Counsel of Planetary Resources, and in the Office of the Legal Adviser of the US Department of State...
