Planetary Resources: One year after Planetary Resources faded into history, space mining retains its appeal

It's been a year since the Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining venture known as Planetary Resources was acquired by ConsenSys and pivoted to blockchain projects in space - but the idea of mining space resources still resonates among those who backed the venture. One big resonance relates to the effort that rose from Planetary Resources' remains: Last month, ConsenSys Space unveiled its first project, a crowdsourced satellite-tracking campaign called TruSat. In a notice posted online, Planetary Resources' president and CEO, Chris Lewicki, said his former company "facilitated a huge forward step in progress in technology, business and mindset - and we're... Read More