Google Chiefs Back Startup Mining Asteroids for Precious Metals
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Google Chiefs Back Startup Mining Asteroids for Precious Metals
[CAF Note: Well, I guess these guys think precious metals is in a long-term primary trend! Or, perhaps, precious metals is good air cover?]
By Beth Jinks
Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) Chief Executive Officer Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt are among the backers of a venture to mine asteroids for trillions of dollars of precious metals, as Earth’s resources become strained.
Planetary Resources Inc., based in Seattle, aims to launch a telescopic space surveyor into Earth’s low orbit in less than two years to identify potential metal- and water-rich asteroids and begin prospecting within four years, co-founder Eric Anderson, 37, said in a telephone interview.
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