Tag: Planetary Resources
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Asteroid-mining company raises $1M for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope
It’s official: The world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope will be sent into space within two years. Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, met its Kickstarter campaign goal of $1 million on Thursday, as more than 12,000 backers pitched in to launch a customized version of the company’s Arkyd-100 robot spaceship with an external camera into near-Earth…
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With $2M in Kickstarter funds, asteroid-mining company’s public telescope could find alien planets
It ain’t Kepler, but an upgrade to Planetary Resources’ crowdfunded public telescope could hunt for alien planets. The Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company announced new Kickstarter stretch goals in its campaign to produce the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope. After two weeks, funding sits about $140,000 shy of the original $1 million goal. With 19 days…
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Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel, and the link between humanity and technology
Brent Spiner, a.k.a. “Data” from Star Trek, tried out Google Glass for the first time on Wednesday at the Museum of Flight. Spiner was in town supporting Planetary Resources’ Kickstarter campaign. He didn’t realize it at the time, but when Brent Spiner portrayed an android named “Data,” during 177 episodes of Star Trek, he was…
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Asteroid-mining company launches $1M Kickstarter campaign for world’s first crowdfunded space telescope
When Planetary Resources first announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids last year, the response was impressive. More than 3,500 people applied for jobs, another 2,500 inquired about investing and nearly 50,000 reached out wanting to get involved in some way or another. While the Bellevue-based company could only allow a select few onto the team, it knew there…
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Kickstarter campaign for public space telescope reaches $100K in 2 hours
From left: Vlogger Hank Green, Planetary Resources founders Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis, and Planetary President Chris Lewicki announce the company’s Kickstarter campaign at the Museum of Flight. Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space telescope. Naturally, you may wonder why a…
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Bill Nye and Star Trek’s ‘Data’ helping asteroid miners with ‘unprecedented’ new project
Planetary Resources is on a mission to mine near-earth asteroids and now they want you to join in on the fun, too. The Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace will hold a press conference this Wednesday to announce a new, “unprecedented project” intended to give the public access to its advanced space…
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Asteroid-mining company reveals new telescope, says ‘water is the gateway drug of space’
Planetary engineer Spencer Anunsen holding part of an A3 prototype. A lot has happened since Bellevue-based Planetary Resources announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids just one year ago. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, the company just held a half-hour live stream today to discuss the past 365 days and talk about plans for the future.…
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Washington teen wins NASA “Why Space Matters to the Future” video contest
Addie Augsburger’s video won first place. There’s just something about Washington teenagers and their ability to talk about space exploration creatively. The Coalition for Space Exploration and NASA just announced the winners of their “Why Space Matters to the Future” national video contest and two Washington teens won first and second place. The contest asked…
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Planetary Resources pulls in cash from nation’s largest engineering firm to help mine asteroids
Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace, just announced a big investment and new partnership with one of the world’s leading engineering companies. Bechtel Corporation, the largest construction and engineering company in the U.S. with 53,000 employees across 50 countries, has joined Planetary’s core group of…
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Planetary Resources founder: ‘Humans will migrate off Earth in the next 30 years’
Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki and Eric Anderson of Planetary Resources. Can you imagine packing your belongings and hopping on a spaceship to go live on another planet for the rest of your life? Eric Anderson, co-founder of Bellevue-based asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, certainly can. Anderson gave a great talk at this week’s Hacker News…