Wallops Needs a Dollop of Space Entrepreneurship
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Re "Va. blasting into space race: Rocket will carry hopes of untested East Coast hub" (front page, Dec. 1):  The collision of public and private organizational cultures has the capacity to enable positive results in American innovation.
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The U.S. team that took the first  privately funded, manned ship into space makes a bid to capture  a $10 million prize this week -- signaling that commercial  space travel has nearly arrived.
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MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA -- While SpaceShipOneâs wispy contrail from sky to space quickly vanished into the thin desert air here, Mondayâs flight at Mojave Spaceport left a solid line in the sand -- to create a &quot;new space age&quot; of personal space travel.
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A team of entrepreneurs will try to blast a rocket plane into space Wednesday in the first of two flights required to win the Ansari X Prize, a $10 million award aiming to boost commercial space travel.
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Billionaire Richard Branson aims to take his company to the final frontier.
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By Jon W. Glass, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 12--WALLOPS ISLAND -- Disappointed Air Force officials say it will be Thursday "at the very best" before their Minotaur I rocket will blast off here for space.
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It has the technology to land men on the moon and send probes into the darkest reaches of space. But Nasa&#39;s newest project has more in common with school science lessons than Star Wars.
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By The Associated Press  POWAY -- A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.
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LOS ANGELES - Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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Future space explorers might bring back more than just pictures from their excursions -- they could mine the planets for profit. By Mark Baard.
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SpaceShipOne's second flight laid the foundations for what organizers hope will be a new era of cheap, reliable access to space.
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A new partnership with an astronomy organization could spur additional innovation.
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Thrill seekers are plunking down six figures to ride rockets that haven't even been built yet, and a new airline called Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years. Still, the budding space tourism industry faces a myriad of safety concerns &#151; in the sky and on the ground &#151; that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off.
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Sir Richard Branson announces that he has signed an agreement to develop the world&#39;s first privately funded space travel. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA.
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Entrepreneur and part-time daredevil Richard Branson plans to launch the world&#39;s first passenger service to space in 2007, offering zero-gravity flights for 110,000 pounds.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has signed a deal with a company owned by British entrepreneur Richard Branson to develop space tourism.
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A ticket may soon be all that separates you from a dream voyage to the final frontier. British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Virgin company -- which includes an airline -- plans to start offering commercial space flights over the next few years.