Hank summarizes the exciting news about Planetary Resources, a company with plans to mine near-earth asteroids for precious metals and water, and what these plans might mean for humanity's future in space. Like SciShow on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow SciShow on Twitter: www.twitter.com For more information on this topic: Planetary Resources website www.planetaryresources.com Brief on the company from Technology Review www.technologyreview.com Asteroid Retrieval Feasibility Study kiss.caltech.edu tags: planetary resources, asteroid mining, space mining, entrepreneur, space, space exploration, NASA, science, scishow, solar system, exploration, james cameron, google, humanity, near-earth asteroid, platinum, palladium, metal, carbonaceous chondrites, earth, robots, robotic craft, jet propulsion laboratory, JPL, technology, asteroid, profit, company, natural resources, curiosity, space travel, water, news