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Yes, It's Real: New Company Will Mine Asteroids

Kevin Spak — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:26:05 CDT

It's official, earthlings: The world's first asteroid-mining company has launched. Planetary Resources had its official coming out party today, the AP reports, with its co-founders laying out their plan to mine outer space for precious metal. The company, which is backed by such big-name investors as James Cameron and the...

James Cameron's Next Trick: Mining Asteroids?

Mark Russell — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:20:05 CDT

After hanging out in the deepest depths of the oceans , how does a Hollywood super-director top himself? By space mining, of course. James Cameron has teamed up with two Google billionaires, several ex-NASA officials, and some other ambitious investors to form Planetary Resources Inc., a space exploration company that seems...

Astronomer Gets Cameron to Re-Shoot Titanic Scene

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:33:24 CDT

Remember the scene in Titanic in which Kate Winslet clings to a piece of wood, promising Leonardo DiCaprio that she'll "never let go?" (And then she lets go?) Well, apparently, the stars shown in the night sky during that scene were all wrong. But never fear: James Cameron has fixed...

James Cameron's Sub Sprung Leak

Matt Cantor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:50:05 CDT

James Cameron's trip to the world's deepest spot sounds a wee bit like something of a disappointment. The six hours he intended to spend at the bottom of the sea—filming and gathering geology samples—was cut in half when hydraulic fluid started leaking in his submersible. As for his...

James Cameron Back From Planet's Deepest Spot

Mark Russell — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:00:00 CDT

James Cameron is back from a solo dive to the deepest place on earth , having spent three hours exploring the scene 35,756 feet below the ocean's surface, reports CNET . (To put things in perspective, Mount Everest is 29,029 feet tall.) To allow him to film and capture...

James Cameron Reaches Deepest Spot on Planet

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:35:45 CDT

Lights, camera, action. Director James Cameron today set off to do what no man has done before—dive to the Mariana Trench and truly explore it—and he's apparently well on his way. The AP confirms that Cameron has descended seven miles into the Pacific Ocean and has reached the...

James Cameron Plans Deepest Ocean Dive Ever

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:51:26 CST

James Cameron has already made the two highest-grossing movies ever, and now the Avatar and Titanic director wants to set another record ... under the sea. Later this month, Cameron plans to go almost seven miles down into the Pacific Ocean's Challenger Deep, the world's most inaccessible spot, in a miniature...

Avatar Tops List of Most Pirated Movies

Dustin Lushing — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:57:09 CDT

The 2009 3D blockbuster Avatar ranks No. 1 on the list of most pirated movies, reports MovieFone via TorrentFreak . Despite director James Cameron's prediction that 3D would discourage illegal copies, pirates still downloaded Avatar 21 million times. (It's still the highest-grossing movie of all time.) Runners-up for most pirated...

Coming Soon: Avatar Theme Parks

John Johnson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:32:05 CDT

Avatar fans who couldn't get quite close enough to the lush world of Pandora via 3D will be able to visit in real life. Or at least real life as brought to you by Disney. The company has struck a deal with James Cameron to build "Avatar Lands" within its...