Patents Assigned to Planetary Resources Development Corporation
  • Method, apparatus, and system for asteroid prospecting and mining
    Patent number: 9266627
    Abstract: A method of prospecting asteroids for mining includes (a) launching at least one spacecraft, the spacecraft including a space telescope; (b) examining a plurality of asteroids using the space telescope to gather scientific data on the asteroids for characterization and cataloging; and (c) selecting one or more asteroids to mine from the plurality of asteroids examined by the space telescope and contained within the catalog. A system for prospecting asteroids for mining is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Planetary Resources Development Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Peter H. Diamandis, Chris Lewicki, Chris Voorhees