British tycoon Branson unveils plan for commercial space flights
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British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send &quot;thousands&quot; of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.
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Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson announces an agreement to secure the first commercial flights into space.
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LONDON, England -- British entrepreneur Richard Branson announced his company has signed a deal to offer the world&#39;s first commercial flights to space under the branding &quot;Virgin Galactic.
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Anyone who wants to go into space will be able to do so soon, as long as they&#39;ve got a spare Â£100,000 that is. That&#39;s how much a seat will cost on a new service from Sir Richard Branson&#39;s company, called Virgin Galactic.
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British airline magnate Richard Branson says his company will begin launching paying customers into outer space by 2007 on the world&#39;s first commercial space flights.
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Richard Branson has announced plans for the VSS (Virgin Space Ship) Enterprise, the first of several planned &quot;space liners&quot; to be built with a total investment of $110 million.
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Sir Richard Branson has kick-started a new space race, with plans to start tourist trips to the edge of the atmosphere. But are we ready for holidays at the final frontier?
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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 British multimillionaire, Richard Branson, has just signed a substantial contract with the makers of SpaceShipOne for the development and construction of passenger-carrying space vehicles.
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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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Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman   Richard Branson on Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion   over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline   and rail businesses, to combating global warming.
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British billionaire Richard Branson said his Virgin Group wants to increase flights to India and invest in the Indian domestic carrier business to tap into a fast-expanding passenger market.
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British billionaire Richard Branson announced Monday that his company Virgin Atlantic airline will launch the world&#39;s first commercial space flight in near future.
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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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Billionaire Richard Branson aims to take his company to the final frontier.
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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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Today, adventurous British entrepreneur Richard Branson formally announced that his Virgin transport, entertainment and communications company plans to launch commercial sub-orbital space flights by 2007.