B612 FOUNDATION RECEIVES NEW FUNDING AND STRATEGIC SUPPORT FROM PROMINENT LEADERS IN BUSINESS, ENTERTAINMENT, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Momentum Grows for First Private Deep Space Mission to Map the Inner Solar System and Track Asteroids Posing Threats to EarthMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (September 19 2012) – The world’s first privately funded deep space mission – SENTINEL – received major support this week from prominent members of the business and financial community who joined the B612 Foundation’s Founding Circle. In June, the B612 Foundation unveiled its plans to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission, a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun, up to 170 million miles from Earth,