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...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
..., if we were to get out into the Solar System - would be to steer asteroids. The Planetary Resources company and others are already eyeing the wealth of resources out there. Suppose our descendants were to use this capability to target thousands...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
...communication to provide a data relay service for remote sensing satellites. Previously he was Director of Special Projects at Planetary Resources. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 2017 and has an MSc in Space Science and Engineering from...
June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
...beginning to hit its stride and space projects such as Planetary Resources’ Arkyd showed that websites like Kickstarter could deliver a ...B2C). And the public? Well, they are the ultimate resource, and any project that engages them will benefit by the ...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... performing an asteroid flyby mission, thus accelerating the development time of what can otherwise be long-timescale missions. Planetary Resources’ concept for asteroid mining. With development of spacecraft able to perform asteroid rendezvous and...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... wheel. Space policy can also be helpful in terms of protecting intellectual and property rights. For example, Planetary Resources, a start-up based in Seattle which is focusing on asteroid mining was instrumental in helping to pass the US Space Act...
