There were details of the plan by the billionaire businessmen to exploit the resources of the asteroids.
The use of this plan of robotic spacecraft many millions of dollars to tighten the chemical components of the fuel and metals such as platinum and gold from the rocks.
The list of founding director James Cameron and explorer, and Chief Executive Officer of Google, Larry Page and CEO Eric Schmidt.
So we aim to create a fuel tank in space in 2020.
However, it has responded to a number of scientists with suspicion, calling the plan bold, difficult and very expensive.
As they struggle to see how it can be profitable even with platinum, gold, worth about 35 £ per gram ($ 1,600 an ounce). The mission of NASA's next return of only 60 grams (2 ounces) of material from an asteroid to Earth costs about $ 1 billion.
Step will be the opening, to be achieved in the 18 months to 24 the next, launching the first series of special telescopes to search for targets of asteroids rich in resources. The intention is to open the exploration of deep space from the private sector.
Within five to 10 years, however, the company expects to make progress in the sale of stands in orbit around the Earth exploration services. It plans to take advantage of some of the thousands of asteroids that pass relatively close to the ground and extract the raw materials.
The company also supports, known as the planet's resources, by the space tourist Eric Anderson leading, award-X, Diamandis Peter, the founder, former U.S. candidate Ross Perot and veteran astronaut and NASA, Tom Jones.
