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by danielweber 4769 days ago
I'm worried that they are doing any sort of crowd-funding.

The biggest risk of Planetary Resources is that it turns out to be a scam, either accidentally or on purpose.[1]

I think PR could have amazing results for humanity even if the company itself doesn't work out well, so I don't want to sound too negative here.

[1] An accidental scam, in my words, would be something that would never ever work, but they didn't worry too much about it because they were spending someone else's money.