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Existing technology may allow for the capture and retrieval of small near Earth asteroids.

The video above produced by Cosmographia and the team at Planetary shows how over the past 15 years, we have started to discover asteroids at an astounding rate, going from 33,000 known in 1997, to nearly 610,000 known today.

Problem: If humanity is to move off Earth and become an interplanetary species, it will need an economic reason to do so.

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Planetary Resources has the goal expanding Earth's natural resource base, creating a new industry and prospecting. Backed by a significant amount o...

Planetary Resources President/Chief Engineer (and former NASA scientist) Chris Lewicki presents his talk entitled, "Asteroid Mining: The Compelling...

Planetary's Resources' President & Chief Engineer (and former NASA scientist) Chris Lewicki chats with Cambridge House Live anchor Bridgitte Anders...

Planetary Resources President and Chief Asteroid Miner gives an update on the developments with the Arkyd-100 Space Telescope and prospecting technology demonstrator.

Dr. Vlada Stamenkovic, a post-doctoral researcher at MIT, shares his passion for discovering exoplanets - planetary bodies far outside of our solar system - and how the Arkyd-100 space telescope can help give his research ...

The team at Planetary Resources share their experience at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and with working on and successfully landing the Curiosity rover on Mars.

http://www.planetaryresourc... - Interested in getting involved in our mission to mine the asteroids? We're thinking about launching a kickstarter project to give private citizens the fir...

Ride aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on a virtual flyover of giant asteroid Vesta. Mission data was used to create the topography you see. Waypoints ...

Ross Perot, Jr., Chairman of Hillwood and The Perot Group & Planetary Resources, Inc. Investor, speaks via phone during the launch press event for Planetary Resources, Inc. on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Char...

Question & Answer session during the Planetary Resources, Inc. launch press event on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Visit www.PlanetaryResources.com for more information.

Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., Chairman of Intentional Software Corporation & Planetary Resources, Inc. Investor, speaks during the launch press event for Planetary Resources, Inc. on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Cha...

Eric Anderson, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources, Inc., speaks during the company's launch press event on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Visit www.PlanetaryResources...

Tom Jones, Ph.D., Planetary Scientist, Veteran NASA Astronaut & Planetary Resources, Inc. Advisor, speaks during the launch press event for Planetary Resources, Inc. on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Charles Sim...

Chris Lewicki, President & Chief Engineer of Planetary Resources, Inc., speaks during the company's launch press event on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Visit www.PlanetaryResourc...

Doug King, President & CEO of the Museum of Flight, opens the launch press event for Planetary Resources, Inc. on April, 24, 2012 at the Museum of Flight's Charles Simonyi Space Gallery. Visit www.PlanetaryResources.com f...

Peter Diamandis, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman introduces Planetary Resources, Inc. at its press conference on April, 24, 2012 at the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery.  Visit www.planetaryresources.com for more information.

New version with data up to the end of May 2011. Rendered at more HD than HD resolution - 2048 lines - if you have gear that can play this in origi...

This 3d view shows the vicinity of the Earth for January 3rd-7th 2011.

The asteroids are colour coded based upon their distance from Earth

Red obj...

This is the full webcast from the Planetary Resources event that was hosted April 24th 2012

Planetary Resources' mission is to mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate p...

Planetary Resources' mission is to mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate p...