THE STORY OF PLANETARY RESOURCES: HUMANITY'S GREAT ADVENTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

摘要

The mission of Planetary Resources, the company I co-founded along with Peter Diamandis, can be stated quite simply: Our company aims to bring the solar system within humanity's sphere of influence. I firmly believe that accessing space resources is absolutely crucial for our future. First of all, the solar system's vast wealth will enable increased prosperity and growth for humanity here on Earth. Second, space resources will sharply reduce the cost and increase the viability of large-scale human space exploration and settlement. For these reasons, when my long-time friend Peter Diamandis and I sat down some time ago and asked ourselves, 'What is the next big step in space?' it became clear to us that the answer is about opening the resources of space for the benefit of humanity. Thus Planetary Resources was born.