Apart from Cameron, the venture managed to attract such backers as Google’s billionaire co-founder Larry Page, executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director K. Ram Shriram. There is also the chairman of Perot Systems, Ross Perot, Jr.
Last but not least, ex-Microsoft top executive Charles Simonyi is listed as both an investor and executive at Planetary Resources. In addition to being a billionaire, he is a private space explorer, who has twice bought his way to the International Space Station.
