Planetary Resources wants you to be an asteroid mining intern(venturebeat.com)

74 pointsby jfdimark14 anni fa12 comments

Planetary Resources wants you to be an asteroid mining intern

http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/01/plantetary-resources-asteroid-mining-internships/

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Before everyone gets all hyped up, a little bit of history on space startups.

Iridium Communications ($6 billion satellite communications start-up that went bankrupt in the 90s) feels a lot like what planetary resources may become (pie-in-the-sky thinking, dodgy business model, poor foreseeable uptake for the next few decades):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_Communications

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/down-to-earth-rea...

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1...

http://fail92fail.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/story-of-iridium/

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2000/03/35043

Start-ups like these give me a Jurassic Park awe inspiring feeling (which I love) but I must say I'm doubtful because the Mars forcing function (i.e. colonists on Mars) does not exist and it's just cheaper to mine less rich ore down on Earth than to go into space.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

pnachbaur14 anni fa

I want to be an intern! Sadly, I'm no longer a student.

ajasmin14 anni fa

Too bad the description specify "current academic enrollment" as a requirement. If you're qualified. I suppose you could always try to apply for a job...

freehunter14 anni fa

I'm sure there's a local community college that offers an associate's degree in something you don't have a degree in yet. Cheap tuition, night or online classes, and everyone can be a student.

taw914 anni fa

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