It should be no surprise to PaleoTerran readers that the extraction of scarce resources from the Earth leads to planetary scarring and environmental degradation. Tomorrow, a new company called Planetary Resources, Inc. will be announcing their mission, or missions, to search for precious metals in asteroids. According to their site:
We're preparing for the unveiling of Planetary Resources, Inc. on April 24. Join us to learn about our mission and how we plan to revolutionize current space exploration and help ensure humanity's prosperity for generations to come.
According to Wired:
A group of wealthy, adventurous entrepreneurs will announce on Apr. 24 a new venture called Planetary Resources, Inc., which plans to send swarms of robots to space to scout asteroids for precious metals and set up mines to bring resources back to Earth, in the process adding trillions of dollars to the global GDP, helping ensure humanity’s prosperity and paving the way for the human settlement of space.
The definition of the word chutzpah according to Dictionary.com: audacity; nerve
Yeah, that's about right.