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Planetary Resources

Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources partners with 3D printing giant

Just a few months after partnering with the nation’s largest engineering firm, Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources announced a new investment from a… Read More

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,… Read More

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… Read More

Q&A: Star Trek’s ‘Data’ on autism, space travel, and the link between humanity and technology

He didn’t realize it at the time, but when Brent Spiner portrayed an android named “Data,” during 177 episodes of… Read More

Kickstarter campaign for public space telescope reaches $100K in 2 hours

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company, today launched a $1 million Kickstarter campaign for the world’s first crowdfunded, public use space… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

Asteroid-mining company reveals new telescope, says ‘water is the gateway drug of space’

A lot has happened since Bellevue-based Planetary Resources announced its plans to mine near-earth asteroids just one year ago. To celebrate… Read More

Innovation of the Year? Vote here in the GeekWire Awards

It’s time to vote in one of the most hotly contested categories in the GeekWire Awards: Innovation of the Year.… Read More

Washington teen wins NASA “Why Space Matters to the Future” video contest

There’s just something about Washington teenagers and their ability to talk about space exploration creatively. The Coalition for Space Exploration… Read More

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… Read More

Planetary Resources founder: ‘Humans will migrate off Earth in the next 30 years’

Can you imagine packing your belongings and hopping on a spaceship to go live on another planet for the rest… Read More

Deep Space Industries entering asteroid-mining world, creates competition for Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace, now has some more… Read More

Planetary Resources shows ‘daringly small’ asteroid-hunting spacecraft

Planetary Resources, the asteroid-mining company backed by some of the biggest names in technology and aerospace, is out with a… Read More

Newsmakers 2012: Asteroid miner Chris Lewicki points Planetary Resources to a new industry in space

They plan to send robots into space to mine asteroids — opening up a new frontier for natural resources and… Read More

Asteroid miners may launch their own Kickstarter project

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based company that plans to launch robotic spacecraft to mine near-Earth asteroids, doesn’t need extra money, backed by… Read More

SpaceX and beyond: Latest from the new space race

The docking of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule with the International Space Station is a landmark for the private space industry, marking… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Our future in space, and why it might be closer than we thought

Our topic this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast is space, and our possible future in it. Joining… Read More

Rockets, robots and a big week in the ‘Silicon Valley of Space’

We’ve had fun this week following the story of Planetary Resources, the new startup that plans to launch robots into… Read More

Asteroid mining company flooded with job applications

Planetary Resources, the Bellevue-based company that this week unveiled plans to launch robotic spacecraft to mine asteroids, has received nearly… Read More

Science fiction writers inspired as asteroid miners make fiction fact

It was the very last question at the news conference announcing Planetary Resources’ plans to find mineral-rich asteroids, pull them… Read More

Meet Arkyd, the asteroid-hunting robot spaceship

After the big Planetary Resources asteroid-mining news conference today, the executives behind the venture talked more casually with reporters next… Read More

Robots in Space: Live from the Planetary Resources news conference

Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream UPDATE: The news conference is over, but you can read our live notes below.… Read More

Mining asteroids: The official word (and videos) from Planetary Resources

Planetary Resources, a Bellevue-based startup backed by big names in space, technology and movies, has grabbed the attention of the… Read More

Space robot company may pull an asteroid into orbit

More details emerged today about Planetary Resources, and the Bellevue-based startup’s plans are sounding more and more like something out… Read More

Mining a $20 trillion asteroid? New clues emerge about space robot startup

We’ve been digging up details this week about a Seattle-area startup that is developing robots to explore space, led by the former… Read More

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