Possible asteroid mining company by Larry Page and other big names

[AdamH]

Just came across this news and thought others might want to see it. Seems more details will be given April 24th in a presentation which will also be streamed online.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57416120-76/is-asteroid-mining-in-our-near-future/
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/18/11273238-google-billionaires-james-cameron-backing-space-resource-venture?lite

In short James Cameron, Tom Jones, Larry Page, Peter Diamandis, Eric Anderson,Charles Simonyi, Eric Schmidt, K. Ram Shriram, and Ross Perot Jr have announced a new company called 'Planetary Resources'.

It will supposedly "overlay two critical sectors -- space exploration and natural resources -- to add trillions of dollars to the global GDP."

They describe it as an "innovative start-up which will create a new industry and a new definition of 'natural resources.'", "a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity's prosperity. "

Guess we will all find out April 24th

[Robotbeat]

There's already a thread on it:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28675.0

[AdamH]

Oops, sorry about that!