SpaceResources.lu: the Luxembourg Government Becomes a Key Shareholder of Planetary Resources, ...

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Luxembourg Government, the public-law banking institution “Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement” (SNCI) and U.S.-based space technology company Planetary Resources have signed a 25 million euro investment and cooperation agreement within the framework of Luxembourg's SpaceResources.lu initiative which aims at the exploration and the commercial utilization of resources from Near Earth Objects (NEOs), such as asteroids.

Within this agreement, the Luxembourg Government invests direct capital in Planetary Resources, Inc. and the Ministry of Economy is providing funding through different types of R&D grants. ...

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