Planetary Resources prepares to make a giant leap in space crowdfunding | NewSpace Journal

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Planetary Resources, the Seattle-area startup that revealed plans just over a year ago to develop a series of small spacecraft to prospect and, eventually, extract resources from near Earth asteroids, announced plans today to raise $1 million through crowdfunding to provide public access to one of its first spacecraft.

 

The company used an event in Seattle today to reveal plans for what it calls “the world’s first crowdfunded space telescope”: access to one of its Arkyd-100 series small spacecraft in low Earth orbit specifically designed for public outreach. Backers of the crowdfunding campaign, run through the Kickstarter site, will have access to the space telescope for observations or simply a commemorative image, depending on the size of their donation.

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