<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Seattle, Wash. – April 24, 2012 — Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals. Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate prospecting missions targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible.<br><br></div><div>The press release..</div><div> <a href="http://www.planetaryresources.com/2012/04/asteroid-mining-plans-revealed-by-planetary-resources-inc/">http://www.planetaryresources.com/2012/04/asteroid-mining-plans-revealed-by-planetary-resources-inc/</a></div><div>Their You-Tube channel (3 vids so far)</div><div> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetaryResources">http://www.youtube.com/user/PlanetaryResources</a></div><div><br></div><div>Reaction articles...</div><div>Sci Am..</div><div> <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/24/planetary-resources-crazy-plan-to-mine-an-asteroid-may-not-be-so-crazy/">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/04/24/planetary-resources-crazy-plan-to-mine-an-asteroid-may-not-be-so-crazy/</a></div><div>Discovery Mag/Bad Astronomy ...</div><div> <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/24/breaking-private-company-does-indeed-plan-to-mine-asteroids-and-i-think-they-can-do-it/">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/24/breaking-private-company-does-indeed-plan-to-mine-asteroids-and-i-think-they-can-do-it/</a></div><div><a href="http://Space.com">Space.com</a> complete coverage...</div><div> <a href="http://www.space.com/15409-asteroid-mining-planetary-resources-complete-coverage.html">http://www.space.com/15409-asteroid-mining-planetary-resources-complete-coverage.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>There were lots of people talking about it before, and more now.</div><div>The company attitude is pretty cool -- small teams, well funded, Do Something!!</div><div>And some of the text sounds very much like the HSP mission statement (current version from byLaws in process)</div><div> "to promote open education, research and development projects at hackerspaces focusing on humanity’s survivability on earth and in space."</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps generate more interest in HSP, perhaps gaining us some advisory panel members from PRI and others ... maybe even some non-govt funding for our education and research projects.</div><div><br><div>
<div>Jerry Isdale</div><div><a href="mailto:isdale@gmail.com">isdale@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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