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On Tuesday, a new company called Planetary Resources will announce its existence at the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. It's not clear what the firm does, but its roster of backers incudes Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, filmmaker James Cameron, former Microsoftie (and space philanthropist) Charles Simonyi, and Ross Perot Jr., son of the former presidential candidate.
According to the company's press release (below):
[…] "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://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27776/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/20/james-cameron-backs-space-explorers-planetary-resources?n
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a fantastic new movement in technology and it has a huge potential for global power change, but at the same time it makes me think that all the theories about Earth spreading its cancer (humans) to other planets seem more realistic than ever.
From the brief research I've done I assume that they're trying to mine helium 3, but who knows. I'm very keen to hear what people have to say about this.
According to the company's press release (below):
[…] "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://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27776/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/apr/20/james-cameron-backs-space-explorers-planetary-resources?n
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I think it's a fantastic new movement in technology and it has a huge potential for global power change, but at the same time it makes me think that all the theories about Earth spreading its cancer (humans) to other planets seem more realistic than ever.
From the brief research I've done I assume that they're trying to mine helium 3, but who knows. I'm very keen to hear what people have to say about this.
