Asteroid mining to the Earth including economic growth, environmental protection, and provision of clean energy while also providing humanity protection against existential threats. On April 24, 2012 a plan was announced by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources. The company is called Planetary Resources and its founders include aerospace entrepreneurs Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis. Advisers include film director and explorer James Cameron and investors include Google's chief executive Larry Page and its executive chairman Eric Schmidt. They also plan to create a fuel depot in space by 2020 by using water from asteroids, splitting it to liquid oxygen and
Bruce Claflin In August 1998, he joined 3Com, a digital electronics manufacturer, as President and Chief Operating Officer. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer at 3Com from 2001 through 2006. In February 2006, he announced he would be stepping down as CEO of 3Com. From 2009 to 2016, he was the Executive Chairman of Advanced Micro Devices, an American multinational semiconductor company. In 2016, John Caldwell took over as chairman for AMD. He has served as Director of Ciena, a global supplier of telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services, since August 2006. Bruce Claflin Bruce Claflin is an American businessman