Planetary Resources, a new private company that seeks to mine asteroids and is backed by famous tech billionaires, sent an email to supporters on Friday stating that it would likely follow-through on an earlier proposal to start a fundraising campaign on the website Kickstarter, to solicit donations for an asteroid-finding space telescope that donors could control. As Planetary resources co-founders Eric Anderson and Peter Diamandis wrote in the email:
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