But it forever raisedthediscussion of resources and human activity to the necessary planetary scale.

不过，它永久性地把有关资源和人类活动的讨论提升到了必要的全球范围。

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Planetary Resources plans to take rocks floating aimlessly in the solar system and turn them into valuable commodities.

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That catalogue is a good start, but Planetary Resources plans to go further.

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Planetary Resources thinks it can find enough of the stuff in asteroids to offset the massive cost of getting to it.

FORBES: It's Official: Planetary Resources Announces Plans to Mine Asteroids