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Virgin Galactic gets petrodollars from Abu Dhabi

Submit on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 05:50

Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments and Virgin Group announced that they have agreed to enter a strategic partnership, which will see Aabar take an equity stake in the commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic. More important in the context of this newsletter: Virgin Galactic may also launch satellites.
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