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Mission and Vision Establish a new paradigm for resource utilization thatbrings the solar system within humanity’s economicsphere-of-influence Lead industry in the environmentally and economicallysustainable development of space to ensure humanity’s futureon Earth and beyond Develop technology and systems to enable low-costcommercial exploration of the solar system Create the asteroid mining and space resource industry
April 24th - Launch Press Event Over 70M US televisionviewership Web: 5 Billion Unique VisitorsMonthly (UVM) world-wide,Huffington Post, DrudgeReport and Twitter Print: Thousands of articles,including Wall Street Journal,New York Times, USA Today Video: Hundreds ofbroadcasts, including FoxBusiness News, Good MorningAmerica, Discovery, Bloomberg
Personal Response 2,000 job applications5,000 emails15,000 on email lists2,500 investment requests250,000 YouTube views
People are talkingA sampling of the public response we’ve gotten since our announcement.“I'm proud of being alive at timeslike these. :-)” -Ricardo K.“This is nothing short of the best thing ever.We are living in the future!” -Ethan J.“Thank you for giving ourgeneration a reason to aimat the stars.” -Justin B.“Finally, some bold,practical, forward thinkingprogress.” -James W.“This might be the mostimportant project since theApollo Program.” -David R.“I am tearfully joyous that this company now exists.I felt that a resource strapped humanity will alwayslook inward and drive global conflict. Thanks to you,humanity has an outward looking hope.” -David R.“Absolutely visionary stuff.” -Nayen P.“Amazing, inspiring, breathtaking. These words don'tdo justice to how incredible this venture is. You carryHumanity's future on your shoulders. Myself, andcountless others I'm sure, will help in any way we can!”-Christopher B.“I love you all. So much.Thank you for inspiringme to go back to school.”-Malcom L.
Why asteroids? Why now?The technology now exists to access resourcesfrom Near Earth Asteroids.We are pursuing this business because:1. The opportunity for huge financial returns exists2. Access to space resources is critical to humansettlement of the solar system3. Access to space resources are critical to humanity’scontinued growth and prosperity on Earth4. It’s fun!
Present and Future Asteroid Value Science Data - 100s of Millions per yearOver the last 10 years, more than 1B has been spent bygovernments on asteroid missions Material Resources - 100s of Billions per year Survival of the Species - Priceless!
Advisory BoardJ a m e s C a m e ro n i s a fi l md i r e c t o r, p r o d u c e r, e d i t o r,screenwriter, environmentalist,explorer. He is as committed to theexploration of space as he is to theexploration and conservation of theoceans.Dr. Thomas D. Jones is ascientist, author, pilot, and veteranNASA astronaut. “Asteroids arenatural stepping stones to futureexploration and a sustained humanpresence in space.”General Michael Moseley(Ret. USAF), 18th Chief of Staff ofthe Air Force and Member of theJoint Chiefs. Chairman Gulf AllianceCo.Dr. Mark Sykes is the Director ofthe Planetary Science Institute, CoInvestigator on the NASA Dawnmission to Vesta and Ceres and isChair of the NASA Small BodiesAssessment Group.David VaskevitchFormer CTO, Microsoft“We all need exciting goals, hardproblems to focus on, and great peopleto work with. Planetary Resources, in themost amazing way, is about all three.”Dr. Sara Seager is a professor ofphysics and planetary science at MIT,focused on the search for planetslike Earth.Matthew GrobExecutive VP and CTO, Qualcomm.Matt is responsible for the oversightof Qualcomm's technical path, thecoordination of R&D activities acrossthe company and the development ofnext-gen wireless technologies.John K. Villa is a partner atWilliams & Connolly LLP.“Whohasn’t looked into the night sky andwanted to travel out from Earth. It is aprivilege to be a part of this enterprisethat is devoted to doing so.”
“Planetary Resources is definitely agreat example of ‘Having a healthydisregard for the impossible.’ ”Larry Page“The pursuit of resources drove the discovery of Americaand opened the west. The same drivers still hold true foropening the space frontier. I’m involved with PlanetaryResources Corporation because expanding the resourcebase for humanity is important for our future.”Eric Schmidt“I am an investor in Planetary Resources, firstand foremost, because I believe in the teambehind it. I’m honored to be on the ground floorwith a team that possesses this caliber ofexpertise, vision, drive and history of success.”H. Ross Perot, Jr.“The commercialization of space began withcommunications satellites and is developing forhuman spaceflight. The next logical step is tobegin the innovative development of resourcesfrom space. I'm proud to be part of this effort.”Charles Simonyi“I see the same potential in Planetary Resources asI did in the early days of Google. Some might lookat asteroid mining and ask What if it fails?’ I like toconsider the possibility of What if it succeeds!’”K. Ram Shriram
Our ApproachDevelop disruptive technologies for deepspace exploration and resource exploitation Leverage exponentially growing technologiesto build increasingly-smaller, cheaper andmore capable spacecraftAchieve redundancy and risk reduction usingmultiple spacecraft, and simple designsBuild general-purpose machines, not highlyoptimized ones (Fords, not Ferraris)Fly frequently enough to iterate approachesIncorporate recent, untapped commercialinnovation into space applications
Arkyd Spacecraft LineArkyd 300 SeriesArkyd 100 SeriesArkyd 200 SeriesProspecting Development RoadmapArkyd-100s: Core technology in low-Earthorbit as a commercial space telescopeArkyd-200s: Initial visits to Earth-crossingasteroids with propulsive platformArkyd-300s: Swarm expeditions to NEOswith multiple spacecraft, multiple targets,using laser communication
The Arkyd-100 Series An asteroid rendezvous development platform in EarthOrbit Components sourced from non-defense, non-aerospacevendors wherever possible Designed, fabricated, assembled, tested and operated byexpert team in Bellevue, WA Launched as a ride-share payloadGeneral purpose “space camera”One instrument per spacecraft
What we are doing different Moving towards a vertically integrated development,manufacturing, coding, and AIT capability Working aggressively to hire, which was our primarymotivation for announcing the company We are cash-flow positive from the start, and ourstrategic plan generates sustaining revenue at each step Reinventing deep space exploration capability, enabling adramatically lower cost to entry “Capability driven” by team size
Relating to other efforts:NASA: Couldn’t be doing this without the groundwork laid by NASA and othergovernment exploration Charting our own course, but happy to help where we’re askedGoogle Lunar X-Prize, and Lunar Resource Companies: That’s the Moon. We think there’s an opportunity for us in Near EarthAsteroidsB612 Foundation - Sentinel Love it! Can’t wait to see the data returnConsidering ways to collaborateTerrestrial observation campaigns Evaluating opportunities for participation and support
Public Engagement Engaging the “crowd” in the last few weeks on ideas forparticipation Planning several additional announcement andopportunities this summer Will be developing communities to participate andfocus on a wide-range of topics from technical, to taxcode and everything in between Especially supportive of co-operative education, andcompetitive educational engagement
Near-Future Considerations Looking for “just the right kind” of planetary scientist toadd to our staff Establishing capability that contributes back to thescientific community Data analyses, curation, distribution. Not a PDS, butcloser to a MPC maybe with some elements ofGalaxyZoo How “proprietary” will our data be?
Arkyd Astronautics? Arkyd Astronautics is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofPlanetary Resources. Same Board, Staff, Investors, etc. See our blog post for “origins story”“Code-name” for the company while we wereoperating in stealth mode http://goo.gl/Qdtze
Interested in nity Email Listhttp://eepurl.com/k g81Google aryResourcesWatch for announcement ofopportunities to participate soon!
We’re going to change the way the world thinks about natural resources
Dr. Mark Sykes is the Director of the Planetary Science Institute, Co-Investigator on the NASA Dawn mission to Vesta and Ceres and is Chair of the Co. NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group. Dr. Sara Seager is a professor of physics and planetary science at MIT, focused on the search for planets like Earth. General Michael Moseley
