This Asteroid Mining Startup Wants To Let People Take Pictures Of Themselves From Space

Planetary Resources, a startup that wants to mine asteroids for precious metals, is giving Earthlings a chance to to take "selfies," or photos of themselves, from outer space. Here's how it works: Planetary Resources is developing a space telescope called ARKYD that's designed to orbit the Earth and look for asteroids that could be worth mining. The company is planning to launch "several" ARKYDs into space in the summer of 2015, Chris Lewicki, president and chief engineer at Planetary Resources,...