Asteroid-Mining Company Flooded With Applicants

Looking for a career in asteroid mining? Get in line. Celestial treasure-hunting firm Planetary Resources put out a call three weeks ago for applicants, and was soon so swamped with resumes that it had to stop accepting them. According to an update on the company's website, spotted by Space.com, it has received more than 2,000 applications, and hence has stopped looking for full-time employees.

If you're a student there's still hope, though; the company will soon be taking applications for fall 2012 co-ops. But as Space.com points out, these aren't pick-axes-in-space propositions; Planetary Resources is looking for engineers who can help design the space-faring robots that will actually mine the asteroids. (More Planetary Resources stories.)