Asteroid Mining Startup Receives 2,000 Applications For Robot Design Job:
Less than three weeks after officially unveiling its asteroid-mining plans, the billionaire-backed firm Planetary Resources has already received thousands of job applications, officials said.
On April 24, the company announced that it was looking to hire a few qualified people — not pickaxe-swinging astronauts, mind you, but engineers who would help design and build a fleet of asteroid-mining robotic probes. The resulting resume deluge was so intense that Planetary Resources has turned off the spigot.
“We have received over 2,000 applications since our April 24th press event, and we are not currently accepting applications for full-time employees, summer internships or student co-ops,” reads an update on the company’s website. “In the near future, we will be seeking applications from students for Fall 2012 co-ops.”
(via Asteroid-Mining Jobs in High Demand | Planetary Resources | Space.com)
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