Asteroid mining

• Several well-known billionaires are forming the new company Planetary Resources with plans to send a robotic spacecraft to mine precious metals from an asteroid and bring them back to Earth.
(YAHOO!)
• Google Inc. Chief Executive Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt are two of the high-profile backers of Planetary Resources Inc.
(Los Angeles Times)
• As people come to terms with the limits of the Earths natural resources, startup company Planetary Resources is eyeing another source: space.
(CNET News)
• Human dreams of mining asteroids wont become a reality without space robots. The billionaire-backed company Planetary Resources has announced plans to do the dirty, dangerous job of space mining with its new line of robotic spacecraft.
(msnbc.com)
• James Cameron, Googles top brass, and Ross Perots son are betting big that theres platinum in the heavens.
(YAHOO!)
• Space exploration needs a kick in the pants, and it will get one Tuesday when a group of high-tech billionaires announces plans to mine asteroids, says a scientific adviser to the enterprise. And theres money to be made, too, adds John S.
(Seattle Times)
• Our space-faring future is another step closer with the announcement of an asteroid mining venture Planetary Resources.
(Techradar.com)
• Robotic mining of asteroids may be cheaper platinum deposits on Earth originated on asteroids that collided with the planet.
(Bloomberg)
• Building a network of light telescopes and designing a cheap robotic probe are to be the first steps of Planetary Resources, a US-based company hoping to kick-start private development of asteroid mineral riches.
(eurasiareview.com)
• SAN FRANCISCO — A startup backed by top Google executives and film director James Cameron on Tuesday unveiled a plan to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water.
(Raw Story)