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To: skinowski who wrote (435414)	7/13/2011 7:25:52 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793782

That's what I kept telling him! He would not budge from his position, I think he watched too much Buck Rogers growing up. :)

To: skinowski who wrote (435414)	7/13/2011 6:49:16 PM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 793782

Most here know it, but aluminum used to be a precious metal. The Washington Monument has a 100 ounce aluminum capstone. Also the Washington Monument is made of 2 different colors of marble. Construction was interrupted by the Civil War and when construction was later resumed the original quarry had been exhausted. * * *

To: skinowski who wrote (435414)	4/18/2012 9:16:21 PM
From: Tom Clarke	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793782

Is James Cameron launching an asteroid mining company? By Eric Pfeiffer A new company called Planetary Resources held its official launch today promising a new venture that would merge "space exploration and natural resources," while adding "trillions" of dollars to the global GDP. The company counts some heavy-hitters amongst its founders and financial backers, including filmmaker/explorer James Cameron, Google co-founders Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Ross Perot Jr. Charles Simonyi, formerly of Microsoft. The group's somewhat vague press release has the site Technology Review thinking the new company's goal "sounds like asteroid mining." Planetary Resources announced its launch on Tuesday morning at an event held at the Charles Simonyi Space Gallery at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. And while they have set up several online destinations for the company, including Facebook and Twitter pages, no more specific information has been revealed to the public. You can read the group's full press release after the jump, which promises, "a new space venture with a mission to help ensure humanity's prosperity." news.yahoo.com