Planetary Resources is a company that is known for developing asteroid mining technologies in order to attain outer-Earth natural resources
Planetary Resources is looking to play a role in the development of an economy that is based in space. The company was founded in 2010 by Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis, in Redmond, Washington, United States.
A primary target for acquiring natural resources, for Planetary Resources, is on asteroids. The company believes water from asteroids will be utilized to fuel the in-space economy and habitation as water can now serve as a form of rocket fuel and as a natural consumable commodity.