Carl and Jefferson
The Asteroid Mining Company Origionaly known as Arkyd Astronautics. Renamed Planetary Resources in 2012. Long term goal has always been asteroid miming. The company started out making small, coast-effective, space telescopes for earth observation and astronomy.
Founders Eric C. Anderson Co-Founder Peter H. Diamandis Co-Founder A vision of bringing space to earth.
Initial Investors Lary Page: Founder of Google Ram Shiram: First investor in Google Sir Richard Branson: Founder of Virgin Group
http://www.planetaryresources.com/#home-intro
Planetary Resources aims to start a robotic asteroid mining industry. First step will be to survey and analyze possible mining sites through in earth orbit satellites. Next they will send survey probes to select asteroids for a more in-depth scan. The end game is to start a fully automated mining system on asteroids
Water in space Used as fuel Want to supply water to orbital propellant depot Rocket fuel in space is more valuable than gold on earth
Radiation exposure A huge concern in space Creating a product that can last the prolonged exposure 1 cubic meter of water can block almost all of the radiation in space.