B612 Sentinel: The First Privately-Funded Deep Space Mission

The privately funded B612 Foundation may not be engaged in asteroid
tagging for financial gain; but, I'm sure they're thinking that any
extraterrestrial causing extinction event can not be good for
business....

B612 Sentinel: The First Privately-Funded Deep Space Mission
POPULAR SCIENCE - NEW TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE NEWS, THE FUTURE NOW | JUNE 28, 2012
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-06/first-privately-funded-deep-space-mission-will-chart-all-asteroids-inner-solar-system

James Cameron Mining Asteroids: Is It Possible? - TIME

James Cameron Mining Asteroids: Is It Possible? - TIME

Note: Too bad we can’t mine asteroids for oil — only planetary bodies that support (or once supported) life can bless us with fossil fuels. Of course, there is the abiogenic hypothesis of petroleum origin to consider….