Hautlle Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Join visionary Peter H. Diamandis, M.D.; leading commercial space entrepreneur Eric Anderson; former NASA Mars mission manager Chris Lewicki; and planetary scientist & veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones, Ph.D. on Tuesday, April 24 at 10:30 a.m. PDT in Seattle, or via webcast, as they unveil a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity’s prosperity. Supported by an impressive investor and advisor group, including Google’s Larry Page & Eric Schmidt, Ph.D.; film maker & explorer James Cameron; Chairman of Intentional Software Corporation and Microsoft’s former Chief Software Architect Charles Simonyi, Ph.D.; Founder of Sherpalo and Google Board of Directors founding member K. Ram Shriram; and Chairman of Hillwood and The Perot Group Ross Perot, Jr., the company will overlay two critical sectors – space exploration and natural resources – to add trillions of dollars to the global GDP. This innovative start-up will create a new industry and a new definition of ‘natural resources’. http://blogs.discove...-at-what-it-is/ http://www.technolog...imssbits/27776/ Looks like some billionaires are getting together to start mining asteroids or maybe even other planets in the near future. There's obviously tons of money to be made in this new industry, so why not get ahead of the game? Seems like it will take a lot of investing to even become operational, but if you can patent any machines or technology you make that's just more money on top I guess. What do you think? Would you become an asteroid miner and chill in space while SPISHing? edit: Official announcement will be made on the 24th of April @ 10:30 a.m. PDT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaen Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 way off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 If it takes a get rich scheme to put the private sector into space then more power to them. I would love to see some civilian class space colonies before I die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 What do you think they're doing Kaen? That second link is to the MIT Technology Review and they think it will be the same thing. Who knows at this point though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 If it takes a get rich scheme to put the private sector into space then more power to them. I would love to see some civilian class space colonies before I die. amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 heck i'd definitely take a job on an off-world mining colony. childhood dream come true... if i can also get some kind of pulse rifle as well then so much the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Yeah, this is potentially cool as fuck. There's a conference on tuesday and it's streaming online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlucharski Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 whoops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Oh if only it were so simple! Awesome all the same! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted April 20, 2012 Author Share Posted April 20, 2012 I'm ready to SPISH on a motherfucking asteroid mining op. while listening to Dopplereffekt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 FUCK YEAH, FULL SHARES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adam Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 If this will happen this could mean the real start of space age. I suppose they'd need to build a space elevator to reduce now ridiculous costs of getting out of earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 FUCK YEAH, FULL SHARES LOL spot on! Dishonestly, I'm a bit disappointed the Boards of Canada aren't amongst the investors. Projects like this are powered by nostalgia. The Boards would be wise if they'd jump on this boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I heard Boards are stockpiling their Nostalgium to use as a power source when the world economy collapses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 LOL Also, it'd be totally BOC-worthy if they had an actual moonbase. They could recreate their neverending full moon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Announcement today @ 10:30 PDT Live stream of the announcement: http://www.spacevidcast.com/live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rambo Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 thanks babe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 What exactly is there to mine on an asteroid? i'm not an expert, please someone enlighten me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Rare Earth metals like platinum group metals, etc. Stuff that's hard to get here and we will need a lot of it as it's used up by new technologies. edit: in that regard, anyone read about how we're starting to run low on Helium? I believe this might have been posted here on watmm http://blogs.discove...-out-of-helium/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 FUCK YEAH, FULL SHARES :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 "Direct Hohmann trajectory established, extracted native material about to be payloaded into the upper deck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptowen Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 best case scenario - SCI-FI ADVENTURES worst case scenario - rich dudes (who'll be the only ones who can afford to do it in the first place) use their newly aquired space-gold to buy slaves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 FUCK YEAH, FULL SHARES lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 ASTEROID MINING PLANS REVEALED BY PLANETARY RESOURCES, INC. Expanding the resource base of humanity to include the solar system Seattle, Wash. – April 24, 2012 – 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 of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate prospecting missions targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible. Resource extraction from asteroids will deliver multiple benefits to humanity and grow to be valued at tens of billions of dollars annually. The effort will tap into the high concentration of precious metals found on asteroids and provide a sustainable supply to the ever-growing population on Earth. A single 500-meter platinum-rich asteroid contains the equivalent of all the Platinum Group Metals mined in history. “Many of the scarce metals and minerals on Earth are in near-infinite quantities in space. As access to these materials increases, not only will the cost of everything from microelectronics to energy storage be reduced, but new applications for these abundant elements will result in important and novel applications,” said Peter H. Diamandis, M.D., Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Planetary Resources, Inc. Additionally, water-rich NEAs will serve as “stepping stones” for deep space exploration, providing space-sourced fuel and water to orbiting depots. Accessing water resources in space will revolutionize exploration and make space travel dramatically more economical. “Water is perhaps the most valuable resource in space. Accessing a water-rich asteroid will greatly enable the large-scale exploration of the solar system. In addition to supporting life, water will also be separated into oxygen and hydrogen for breathable air and rocket propellant,” said Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Planetary Resources, Inc. Of the approximately 9,000 known NEAs, there are more than 1,500 that are energetically as easy to reach as the Moon. The capability to characterize NEAs is on the critical path for Planetary Resources. To that end, the company has developed the first line in its family of deep-space prospecting spacecraft, the Arkyd-100 Series. The spacecraft will be used in low-Earth orbit and ultimately help prioritize the first several NEA targets for the company’s follow-on Arkyd-300 Series NEA swarm expeditions. Chris Lewicki, President and Chief Engineer, said “Our mission is not only to expand the world’s resource base, but we want to increase people’s access to, and understanding of, our planet and solar system by developing capable and cost-efficient systems.” “The promise of Planetary Resources is to apply commercial innovation to space exploration. They are developing cost-effective, production-line spacecraft that will visit near-Earth asteroids in rapid succession, increasing our scientific knowledge of these bodies and enabling the economic development of the resources they contain,” said Tom Jones, Ph.D., veteran NASA astronaut, planetary scientist and Planetary Resources, Inc. advisor. Planetary Resources is financed by industry-launching visionaries, including Google CEO Larry Page and Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman of Hillwoodand The Perot Group, who are committed to expanding the world’s resource base so that humanity can continue to grow and prosper: Eric E. Schmidt, Ph.D., Executive Chairman of Google, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Planetary Resources, Inc. investor: “The pursuit of resources drove the discovery of America and opened the West. The same drivers still hold true for opening the space frontier. Expanding the resource base for humanity is important for our future.” K. Ram Shriram, Founder of Sherpalo, Google Board of Directors founding member and Planetary Resources, Inc. investor: “I see the same potential in Planetary Resources as I did in the early days of Google.” Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., Chairman of Intentional Software Corporation and Planetary Resources, Inc. investor: “The commercialization of space began with communications satellites and is developing for human spaceflight. The next logical step is to begin the innovative development of resources from space. I’m proud to be part of this effort.” The company’s advisors include film maker and explorer James Cameron; General T. Michael Moseley (Ret.); Sara Seager, Ph.D.; Mark Sykes, Ph.D.; and David Vaskevitch. Founded in 2009 by Eric Anderson and Peter H. Diamandis, M.D., Planetary Resources, Inc. is establishing a new paradigm for resource utilization that will bring the solar system within humanity’s economic sphere of influence by enabling low-cost robotic exploration and eventual commercial development of asteroids. For more information, please visit www.PlanetaryResources.com. ### Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Arkyd-300 Series Scousers in Space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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