Spaceports compete in race for business
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Even before the dust had settled from the $10 million Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, the sand was being kicked up for another, potentially more lucrative space race: the
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The aerospace company looks for commercial aviation turnaround to fuel growth.
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The US and European space agencies signal their desire to co-operate on the biggest missions.
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How the growth of aviation will become a fierce battleground between environmentalists and big business
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Several St. Louis business people were on hand Wednesday to witness SpaceShipOne&#39;s first attempt in its effort to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
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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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MOJAVE, Calif. - A privately owned rocket won a $10 million competition with its streak into space, and the event&#39;s success has sparked the creation of an annual competition that will test rockets in categories such as altitude, range and payload.
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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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LOS ANGELES -- Just a few years ago, the idea of bankrolling starry-eyed ventures to fly ordinary people into space was laughed off as science fiction.
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The successful X-Prize mission of Burt Rutan&#39;s SpaceShipOne last week was a major success for the commercial space industry. But although that success has led to the creation of space
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LOS ANGELES -- The historic suborbital flights of SpaceShipOne have ignited interest in space tourism, but the budding industry and federal regulators must still resolve questions ranging from ensuring the safety of people on the ground to informing
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Last week's spectacular barrel rolls by SpaceShipOne looked a lot more frightening than they were, the project leader says. Also: There was a forlorn face in the crowd.... Sponsors line up behind effort....  New Mexico wants a spaceport.... and more. By Dan Brekke.
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Now that SpaceShipOne has proved private companies can reach space, the next hurdle is finding investors -- an even more difficult task. By Dan Brekke.
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Two aerospace giants, Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., said on Tuesday they will form a partnership to compete for the contract to build NASA's next manned spaceship.
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The events of the days leading up to Wednesdayâs flight of SpaceShipOne had generated considerable momentum for space tourism and commercial space development in general.
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Marion C. Blakey, administrator of commercial space transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration, speaks with reporters following a briefing at the XCOR hangar at Mojave, Calif.
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MOJAVE, Calif. - Hoping to build on the momentum sparked by SpaceShipOne's dash into space, supporters of opening the heavens to civilians are turning the winner-take-all race into an annual competition that might further fuel imaginations...