The first is a spectrographic analysis, which showed that the star had a much higher concentration of lithium than would be expected.

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Virgin estimates that each flight of SpaceShip Two can hold 1, 300 pounds of scientific payload, and the rack setup will include window access for the collection of spectrographic and other data.

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