Monthly Archives: September 2012

Employee References: Everyday Folks Working at Planetary Resources and SpaceX

“We are goin’to change the way the world thinks – about natural resources.”

YouTube comments left by viewers of the last video:

  • “Shutup and take my money!”
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  • “Imagine the next golden age of piracy, this time in space.”
  • “Fuck yea.”
  • “An astronaut on the ISS, ‘Yeah I drank water that wasn’t found on Earth, no big deal.'”

"New Visions for Humans in Space" – Planetfest 2012 Panel Discussion

Peter Diamandis: “There is plenty of cash on this planet. Plenty of private capital. That was born in the fifties and sixties, inspired by space, who now are saying, ‘You know, I can’t take it with me, let me make a big change and invest and go into the space frontier.'” I have a question for the audience…if you had a shot of going on a one-way trip to Mars, and you had a seventy five percent chance of landing safely and living there – seventy five percent – how many folks would go on a one way trip to Mars? Raise your hand. Okay, now, hear me out…it’s a fifty-fifty shot now. How many of you in the audience that have your hands up on a fifty-fifty shot actually have a graduate degree? Ok, we’ve got plenty. Enough for a crew at least.