Planetary Resources, Inc. was founded with the vision of establishing a new paradigm for resource utilization to bring the Solar System within humanitys economic sphere of influence. From the premise that asteroids will play a key role in the development of a space economy and be the main driver in allowing humanity to become a flourishing multi-planetary species, the firm is organzied accordingly. Water from asteroids will fuel the in-space economy and habitation, by creating rocket fuel and consumable water from space, for space.The pathway in identifying the most commercially viable near-Earth water-rich asteroids has led to the development of multiple transformative technologies that are applicable to global markets, including the agriculture, oil & gas, mining and insurance industries. Financed by industry-launching visionaries with high name recognition committed to expanding the worlds resource base so humanity can continue to grow and prosper for centuries to come. The firm's partners and advisors major corporations, European governments and and araft of lumeraries fromevery major university. Members of the companys technical staff have worked on every recent U.S. Mars lander including Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity, and include other key non-aerospace and safety-critical discipl
