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Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled  A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page is set to announce plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water. Read More...

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Special Report: The Private Space Taxi Race  In the wake of last year's space shuttle retirement, NASA is working with commercial space companies to develop private space taxis to carry cargo and astronauts to the International Space Station.  How Asteroid Mining Could Work (Infographic)  The new company Planetary Resources, Inc., is backed by a team of billionaire investors and luminaries like filmmaker/explorer James Cameron with a single goal: to mine near-Earth asteroids for precious resources like rare metals and water ice. Why Asteroid Mining Makes Huge Dollars and Sense Poll: Will Asteroid Mining Open Up New Space Frontier?