Planetary Resources
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Planetary Resources, Inc., formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics, was an American company that was formed on 1 January 2009, and reorganized and renamed in 2012. Its stated goal is to "expand Earth's natural resource base" by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining. Following financial troubles caused by "delayed investment", it was announced on 31 October 2018, that the company's human assets were purchased by the blockchain software technology company ConsenSys, Inc.
In May 2020, ConsenSys made all Planetary Resources intellectual property available to the public domain, and in June 2020, all the remaining hardware assets were auctioned off.
Unveiling the Planetary Resources 3D-Printed Satellite in February 2014 (Arkyd-300 satellite bus configuration). The torus holds the propellant and provides the structure for the satellite. From left: Peter Diamandis, Chris Lewicki, and Steve Jurvetson
Asteroid mining
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Asteroid mining is the hypothetical extraction of materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects.
Main Asteroid Belt 42 largest asteroids Amor asteroid belt Apollo asteroid belt Aten asteroid belt See also: List of exceptional asteroids
Space elevator Phobos
An astronaut mining an asteroid using a hand drill in the video game Space Engineers.
Illustration of proposed asteroid capture by Keck Institute for Space Studies made for Asteroid Redirect Mission