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Planetary Resources and Virgin Galactic partner up for payload services

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 12, 2012 | 3:06 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Gold Iron Ore Nickel Palladium Platinum 

Space mining start-up Planetary Resources has announced that it has partnered with Virgin Galactic in the quest to explore asteroids for minerals. Under the agreement announced late Wednesday, Virgin Galactic will launch Planetary Resources spacecraft into low Earth orbit, starting with the Arkyd-100 series...

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