Comments on: Planetary Resources breaks the million-dollar mark in its crowdfunding campaign

By: Links of the Week, June 21 | The Tinfoil Hat

Links of the Week, June 21 | The Tinfoil Hat — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 17:58:02 +0000

[…] On the PR front, Space Exploration needs more celebrity endorsement like this […]

By: Jeff Foust

Jeff Foust — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:01:18 +0000

Planetary Resources is interested in near Earth asteroids, which are easier to get to than those in the Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter. As for property rights, at the present time no nation or organization can claim a celestial body like an asteroid, but if they extract resources from it, they would likely be able to sell them. (For example, the U.S. did not claim the Moon when the Apollo missions landed there, but no one questions that the U.S. government owns the rocks those missions brought back.)

By: Ailin Jasel

Ailin Jasel — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 08:12:31 +0000

Dear Newspacejournal,
This question may be a little off-topic, So I’ve heard that Planetary Resources is going to attempt to mine asteroids. Which asteroids are they planning on mining? Ones in the asteroid belt? Isn’t that too far away to be useful at the moment? And if the company lands on the asteroid and begins mining it, who owns the asteroid? The company or the country which they’re from? Or does no one? In which case can they sell what they’ve mined?
Thx.

By: Nachrichten aus der Raumfahrt kompakt | Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null

Nachrichten aus der Raumfahrt kompakt | Skyweek Zwei Punkt Null — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:12:35 +0000

[…] Oatmeal” in einem Blog und auf Facebook und Twitter lieÃŸ es gestern schlagartig wieder in der virtuellen Kasse klingeln. WÃ¤hrend einer nÃ¤chtlichen Web-TV-Livesendung Ã¼berstieg die Zahl der Spender 11’000, und […]