Planetary Resources Needs YOUR Help to Hunt for Alien Planets
Asteroid mining company announces new crowdfunding goal to enhance the ARKYD telescope with capability to search for alien planets around distant stars Bellevue, Washington – June 11, 2013 – Alien planets are out there and Planetary Resources needs your help to find them! That’s right, the same high-powered telescope technology being used by Planetary Resources… Read more »
Planetary Resources Names Peter Marquez as Vice President for Global Engagement
Marquez is former White House Director of Space Policy for Presidents Bush and Obama Bellevue, Wash. – June 10, 2013 – Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, announced today the hiring of Peter Marquez to lead the company’s global engagement. Marquez will engage with key U.S. government entities on matters of strategic domestic and global interest to assist Planetary… Read more »
Earning Your Support
The last few days have been incredible, with nearly 9,000 people pledging over $813,000 to fund the construction and launch of the ARKYD space telescope. If you have pledged your support to this project, we want to thank you on behalf of the students, researchers, and space enthusiasts around the world for helping make this… Read more »
Updates, Celebrities and Cool Prizes for You
The show of support for our ARKYD Kickstarter has been nothing short of incredible! We’re 74% funded just 7 days into our campaign. One great show of support came from Brent Spiner (who played one of our favorite androids of all time, Lieutenant Commander Data in Star Trek: TNG) Brent pledged $5,000 to become an… Read more »
Extending Humanity’s Optic Nerve
After launching just two days ago, our Kickstarter for the world’s first crowd funded and crowd controlled space telescope is already halfway funded! We’re at $560,000 and counting, thanks to the 5,607 generous backers who have stood up to support space exploration and science education. One of our most enthusiastic supporters Jason Silva has produced… Read more »
Planetary Resources Announces World’s First Crowdfunded Space Telescope Campaign
Providing access to an advanced space telescope for students, scientists and a new generation of citizen explorers. “Bringing space within reach” Bellevue, Washington – May 29, 2013 – Planetary Resources, Inc., the asteroid mining company, has launched a campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded space telescope to provide unprecedented public access to space and place… Read more »
30 Days to Reinvent the Space Industry
Today is a very exciting day here at Planetary Resources. Our continued dedication to asteroid prospecting with orbiting space telescopes created a profound opportunity. Starting today, we are offering the public the opportunity to provide public access to an ARKYD space telescope and use it for science, education and fun. This isn’t like any telescope… Read more »
Planetary Resources Opening the Space Frontier to All
Our continued dedication to asteroid prospecting with orbiting space telescopes created a profound opportunity. This Wednesday, we’ll be starting something big, and YOU can get involved. The following information was shared with the media last week. Tune in, or join us in Seattle for the big reveal! WHAT: Planetary Resources’ team of engineers who have designed, built… Read more »
Hang out with the Asteroid Miners
Join us on Wednesday April 24th at 11:00AM PDT for a special half hour event – hang out with our Asteroid Miners to celebrate our one year anniversary since announcing Planetary Resources. We will be giving an overview of the year since our announcement, and will have some surprises in store. I will be leading… Read more »
Defending the planet, new partner announced, and an upcoming special event
Defending the Planet I’m at the 3rd International Academy of Astronautics Planetary Defense Conference in Flagstaff, AZ this week. The conference gathers experts from around the world to discuss our knowledge of asteroids, new efforts to characterize them, and of course discussion on ways to mitigate those that pose a threat to Earth. It’s always… Read more »