<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>If launch costs come down enough, this might not be as big a hurdle to jump over. That's my mantra and I'm sticking to it. :)<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Regards,</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Dan</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Adrian Tymes <atymes@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 30, 2012 2:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ExI]
Asteroid search mission looking for funding<br> </font> </div> <br>
So we have this and then we have Planetary Resources - which<br>have no formal connection.<br><br>One is asking for money to go do this. The other has a credible<br>plan to make money by doing this.<br><br>I don't think there is any question which one of them is far (far)<br>more likely to succeed if given the resources, and as a direct<br>consequence, which one is more likely to get the necessary<br>resources. (Aside from the backers each has already gained -<br>but that is a consequence of which one is more likely to<br>succeed.)<br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>