Just received this statement from Planetary Resources about what’s been happening since they announced the formation of their company a few weeks ago, so things are progressing:

If you’re like us, you’ve always had a life-long dream to open the space frontier.

We’re not just talking about taking a few people into orbit, but opening the resources of space, to make humanity a multiplanetary species during our lifetime.

Over the last decade, as we realized that this was unlikely to happen through the traditional government routes, many of our childhood dreams were all but crushed…

Until Now.

With the world-wide announcement of Planetary Resources a few weeks ago, the phone has been ringing off the hook with support from folks just like you (and me).

So, we wanted to kick things off with a big THANK YOU for all of your support.

Our website has been overwhelmed with space-enthusiasts and frankly we’ve been blown-away with how excited you are about what we’re doing.

Your outpouring of enthusiasm around the launch of Planetary Resources was completely beyond our wildest dreams.

Here’s a quick summary of the highlights:

· Over 70 Million US television viewers

· 5 Billion Unique Monthly visitors with front page headlines on Huffington Post, Drudge Report, Twitter, CNN.com, Yahoo, Washington Post…

· Thousands of print articles including Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today

· Hundreds of TV News broadcasts, including FoxBusiness News, Good Morning America, Discovery, Bloomberg, and the Dailey Show

· 2,000+ job applications on our website

· Tens of thousands have joined our email list

· 2,500+ investment requests

Clearly the vision, dreams, ambition and plans have ignited a ton of enthusiasm.

The technology now exists to access resources from Near Earth Asteroids and it is our corporate mission to make this happen.

We are pursuing this for three key reasons:

1. Access to space resources is critical to human settlement of the solar system

2. Access to space resources are critical to humanity’s continued growth and prosperity on Earth

3. To realize the once-in-a-generation opportunity for huge financial returns as well.

Once such returns are possible, opening the space frontier for humanity will rapidly follow as it did with the New World and the American West.

Over the months ahead we will be keeping you up to date on our progress and creating opportunities for you to be involved.

Thank you again for your enthusiasm and interest.

Stay tuned.

You’re going to hear from us again soon…

Peter H. Diamandis Eric C. Anderson
Co-Chairman/Co-Founder Co-Chairman/Co-Founder

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