Virgin boss Richard Branson announces plans for commercial space service
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LONDON  - British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his Virgin company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Virgin is all over the map. Yesterday morning, Sir Richard Branson introduced to the world that he was ready to make astronauts of us all by 2007.
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British tycoon Richard Branson announced a plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts could be sent into orbit in the near future.
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Sir Richard Branson on Saturday signed a deal to license the technology behind SpaceShipOne, the first private, manned spacecraft.
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Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, announced on Monday that he would offer travelers the chance to go to the edge of space beginning in 2007, for $190,000 a ticket.
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Virgin Group boss Richard Branson has signed an agreement with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to launch a new airline out of the west African nation that will be majority owned by Nigerian investors.
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Around 13,500 people plan to space passengers on Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson says.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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Entrepreneur Richard Branson on  Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship he hopes will be  the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular  basis next year.
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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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British entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that his company plans to launch commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Sir Richard Branson may want to send people into space, but first he&#39;ll have to grasp how to get his Virgin trains to arrive and leave anywhere on time.
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Summary - (Sep 27, 2004) Entrepreneur Richard Branson announced today that his company, Virgin Galactic, will be taking Scaled Composite&#39;s SpaceShipOne to the next logical step, and offer flights to the public.
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"Star Trek" star William Shatner and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Dave Navarro are among thousands of people who want to fly on Virgin's proposed commercial space flights, company chief Richard Branson said Friday.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 -- London -- The ultimate high-end incentive trip took another step closer to reality yesterday when Richard Branson, head of the Virgin Group, announced plans to launch commercial space flights by 2007.
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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.
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London - Space tourism, the business of rocketing civilians into orbit as British tycoon Richard Branson vowed on Monday to do, is technically feasible within a few years but fraught with perils, a space expert said.