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May 30, 2013

State firm seeks donations to build a public telescope

  • For $200, a member of the public can aim the telescope once and take a picture. For $450, they can take three pictures.
    • By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
    Associated Press

    A Washington company that wants to send robots into space to mine precious metals from asteroids has found another way to use the expensive technology it's developing for its space venture.

    Planetary Resources Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to launch an extra space telescope in early 2015 to be used by the general public to take pictures of their favorite constellations, or to do their own research for the benefit of the world.


     
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