Mining the Heavens: In Conversation With Planetary Resources' Chief Engineer

cylonlover writes "It wasn't long ago that asteroid mining was only found in the pages of science fiction. Now, with increasing interest in the commercial exploitation of space, companies are springing up to turn asteroids from things that Bruce Willis blows up into raw materials for future travellers and colonists. One such firm is Planetary Resources, which is currently winding up a Kick Starter campaign aimed at raising public awareness about asteroid mining by offering the public access to a space telescope. Gizmag visits the company's Bellevue, Washington headquarters and talks to the President and Chief Engineer, Chris Lewicki." Long, but worth the time.

Re:so still scifi then?

[Trepidity]

And yes, it moved from the sci-fi pages to the realm of business plans and strategies.

So it got downgraded from hard sci-fi to soft sci-fi? ;-)

Oh, give me a break

[TWiTfan]

It wasn't long ago that asteroid mining was only found in the pages of science fiction.

Yeah, not that long ago, as in yesterday...and today...and tomorrow.