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Planetary Resources and the age of asteroid mining



John Mankins, a 25-year Nasa veteran.


  • Many asteroids are in Earth-like orbits which offer accessible resources.

  • Planetary Resources has developed the Leo space telescope with remote sensing...

  • Chris Lewicki, chief engineer and CEO of Planetary Resources.

  • Nasa Space Systems engineer Rob Mueller.

  • Planetary Resources sees mining asteroids as a way of lowering costs of space...

  • Swarms of robotic spacecraft will enable extraction of resources from...

  • John Mankins, a 25-year Nasa veteran.

  • Water in space is presently worth more than $22,000 a litre and is contained...

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