Filmmaker James Cameron attends the Covenant House California 2011 Gala and Awards Dinner at the Skirball Center on June 9, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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James Cameron just got back from his trip to the very bottom of the ocean, and now he’s putting his money into space. The Avatar filmmaker is teaming with a group of investors (including Google CEO Larry Page) to finance a new initiative that will send robo-ships into space to mine nearby asteroids for precious metals like platinum and gold. The investors also hope to build a space-set refueling station for their missions within the next several years. And what happens when the blue people living on the asteroids say “no� (Then you’ve got your inciting incident!)