Firm rockets into space tourism
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The aerospace company EADS Astrium says it will build a plane to take fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital space rides.
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Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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LONDON -- Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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A beefed-up motor will boost the power of a rocket vying for the $10 million human space flight prize. SpaceShipOne became the first privately funded craft to carry a person to the edge of space in June.
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After years of capturing the imagination of wide-eyed daredevils, dreamers and would-be entrepreneurs, space travel for ordinary people may finally be taking flight.
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s Sir Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman by announcing a US$100 million (S$170 million) plan to take well-heeled passengers, with him possibly being among the first, for a sub-orbital ride into space.
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The aerospace company looks for commercial aviation turnaround to fuel growth.
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A select group of rich tourists may be blasting into space within a few years in a craft that looks like a cross between a corporate jet and a toy bomber.
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SpaceShipOne pioneer Burt Rutan gives a glimpse of what paying passengers can expect when they travel into space.
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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 - in the sky and on the ground - that must be resolved before any paying passenger takes off...
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Virgin Galactic shows off the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.
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Thrill seekers are paying Â£100,000 to ride rockets that haven&#39;t even been built yet, and new airline Virgin Galactic promises to be up and soaring in the next three years.
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Space entrepreneurs say they believe they are on the brink of developing a vibrant tourism industry, but worry that government regulation may stifle it before it can take off.
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The first privately financed manned rocket to fly into space has been named Time magazine&#39;s âInvention of the Year.&#39;&#39;.
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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 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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This week, Sir Richard Branson announced his new company, Virgin Galactic, has the rights to the first commercial flights into space.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...