Google supports mining project in Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs). (Image: Bruce Irving, via Flickr / CC)

Google co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, along with blockbuster director James Cameron, show support and sponsor Planetary Resources in their plans for a possible project for mining asteroids near the earth that are packed with resources such as water and minerals – some of which are very rare on Earth.
According to Tom Jones, a former astronaut from NASA and an adviser for Planetary …