Planetary Resources Inc. is an American company based in Washington, USA.
Planetary Resources, Inc.'s goal is to "expand Earth's natural resource base" by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining.
Though the long-term goal of the company is to mine asteroids, its initial plans call for developing a market for small (30–50 kg) cost-reduced space telescopes for both Earth observation and astronomy.
It is was formed in November 2010 (formerly known as Arkyd Astronautics), reorganized and renamed in 2012.
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