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‘Planetary Resources’ Telescope Venture, Funded Via Kickstarter, To Put Personal Photos In Space
Posted in: Today's ChiliBy: Clara Moskowitz
Published: 05/29/2013 01:14 PM EDT on SPACE.com
A private company that plans to mine asteroids unveiled a new venture today (May 29), an ambitious plan to launch the world’s first crowdfunded telescope.
The company, Planetary Resources, is developing a suite of spacecraft, dubbed Arkyd, to study solar-system asteroids as a precursor to mining missions. Now, the firm has launched a crowdfunding campaign to make an Arkyd available for the public’s use. Students, scientists and interested citizens would be able to direct this space telescope toward any space objects they wished.
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