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StarChaser Builts Nova 2 Rocket For Space Tourists
Weberence | July 1st 2008 by Ano
2013 should be a very exciting day for Britain and for space tourists world wide as another entrepreneur, Steve Bennett joined the race. He has built the Nova 2 (I wonder what happened to Nova 1), a three seater capsule that is expected to take touri read more
Tourisme spatial: des promesses, des promesses…
Le Journal de la Rue | July 1st 2008 by Journal de la Rue
Tourisme spatial: des promesses, des promesses… (Agence Science-Presse) – Si tout va bien, le SpaceShipTwo, cet “ avion spatial ” de la compagnie américaine Virgin Galactic destiné à emmener là-haut les premiers touristes de read more
The Billionaire Space Cowboy Club.
BreakGravity | June 12th 2008
Google co-founder and billionaire Sergey Brin has recently put down his deposit down of $5 million on a flight into space. With space tourism company Space Adventures. That is know looking at starting its own space flights instead of piggy backing on read more
Space Travel for free !!!
TechSavvy | May 30th 2008 by sandeep
Every one of us would have dreamt of becoming an astronaut and traveling in Space when we were kids but do u really wanna become an astronaut even now!!!If yes is your answer you just have to have a passion for space and the ability to effectively co read more
Viaggio Nello Spazio Per Le Vostre Vacanze ? Virgin Galactic
VIDEO E NEWS SU TUTTO BLOG ! | May 23rd 2008 by Alessio
Avete prenotato le vacanze spaziali ? Non sapete dove passare le vostre vacanze estive ? Potreste valutare la proposta della Virgin Galactic !! Un viaggio nello spazio per passare le vostre vacanze in modo del tutto nuovo e decisamente costoso. In read more
Earth to Virgle…Google and Virgin to colonize Mars
77Lab: European Online Marketing Blog | May 15th 2008 by 77Lab
I’m not really sure how serious I should take this piece of information, but I think I’ll let you be the judge of it. I’m also surprised I haven’t heard much fuzz regarding the new venture Google and Virgin have recently plotted ;-). The idea read more
Virgin Galactic seeks space agents
Space tourists - who they are? | May 7th 2008 by Ruzil'
Virgin Galactic will be looking to appoint more Middle East sales agents for its sub-orbital space flights at ATM. Virgin Galactic will be inviting travel agents to boldly go where no travel agent has gone before at ATM 2008. Travel agents will read more
Dubai firm becomes first to charter space flight
Space tourists - who they are? | May 3rd 2008 by Ruzil'
An unnamed Dubai-based company has become the first in the world to charter a space flight for its top management. 'I cannot reveal any details about the company or the deal, other than (saying that) the flight they chartered can take up to six p read more
I pronounce you spaceman and wife: Branson to be the first man to…
Space tourists - who they are? | May 3rd 2008 by Ruzil'
By NATHAN KAY Virgin Galactic boss Sir Richard Branson is planning to set yet another record – by becoming the first man to marry a couple in space. The 58-year-old billionaire intends to conduct a ceremony 70 miles above the Earth on the f read more
Virgin Galactic Soon Ready to Fly People to Space
Homeboy's Astronomy Blog | April 26th 2008 by Marko Pyhajarvi
Virgin Galactic, the first commercial space flight company, is soon ready to take the first people to space. Virgin Galactic will use their special-purpose aircrafts to provide this unforgettable trip outside our atmosphere. The company has spent yea read more
North Norfolk man's space dream
Space tourists - who they are? | April 25th 2008 by Ruzil'
"EVERYBODY has a dream, mine happens to be expensive." The words of Richard Burr, the north Norfolk man set to join an elite rank by becoming a 'space tourist' at the eye watering cost of $200,000 - around £100,000. The 52-year-old read more
Uzay turizmi güvenli mi?
YusufWeb.Net | April 22nd 2008 by YusufWeb.Net
2009 yılında, milyoner Richard Branson tarafından kurulan uzay turizm şirketi Virgin Galactic ile uçacak ilk özel yolcular Ulusal Uzay Kurumunun yöneticisi olan George Whiteside ve onun eşi olacaklar. Kişi başına 200.000 $ ödeyen bay ve b read more
Spaceport America. The Tax.
Aceize: Eyes on the Future | April 22nd 2008 by Ace Ize
Last year Dona Ana County in New Mexico voted for an increased tax to help build a new spaceport in the middle of nowhere, New Mexico. Now it's time for Sierra County, including the town of Truth or Consequences, to take a vote. The county will vo read more
uzay turizmi güvenli mi?
bildirgec.org | April 22nd 2008
2009 yılında, milyoner Richard Branson tarafından kurulan uzay turizm şirketi Virgin Galactic ile uçacak ilk özel yolcular Ulusal Uzay Kurumunun yöneticisi olan George Whiteside ve onun eşi olacaklar. Kişi başına 200.000 $ ödeyen bay ve b read more
Virgle -- The Mars Colony
Aceize: Eyes on the Future | April 2nd 2008 by Ace Ize
For April Fool's day, Virgin Galactic and Google teamed up to form Virgle. The mission of Virgle is to create a colony on Mars. That is, assuming Virgle wasn't a joke - which it is. Every year Google surprises me with the amount of effort they put read more
Explorer Anousheh Ansari brought space down to Earth
Space tourists - who they are? | March 31st 2008 by Ruzil'
She is the first to sniff space and declare that it smelt like a burnt almond cookie. In September, 2006, Anousheh Ansari became the world's first private female explorer and, without realizing it, the voice of the quotidian observer of the read more
Space planes 'to meet big demand'
Space tourists - who they are? | March 28th 2008 by Ruzil'
Aerospace giant EADS says it will need a production line of rocket planes to satisfy the space tourism market. The European company's Astrium division, makers of the Ariane rocket, has plans for a commercial vehicle to take ticketed passengers ab read more
Branson and his rocket
Space tourists - who they are? | March 25th 2008 by Ruzil'
A few months ago, an Australian stand-up comedian who is beyond cure, told a small frigid gathering in Mumbai, "How can they call an airline Virgin. It's terrifying. You know what virgin means? Never done it before." He surveyed the read more
Lottery-winning beneficiary: I'm heading to space
Space tourists - who they are? | March 20th 2008 by Ruzil'
An Auckland beneficiary who bought a lottery ticket on a whim is more than $5 million better off and hopes to travel into space.The man, who wants to remain anonymous, was on a bike ride when he had a spur of the moment drink stop outside the Westvie read more
You may now float about the cabin
Space tourists - who they are? | March 16th 2008 by Ruzil'
'SPACE: The final frontier, to seek out new life and civilisations." So said Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise as he surveyed the expanding cosmos.But exploration, discovery and adventure are not the sole domain of science fiction: the read more
Sharaf Travel & Virgin Galactic Mid East tempt would-be astronaut…
Space tourists - who they are? | March 13th 2008 by Ruzil'
Dubai headquartered Sharaf Travel and the Virgin Galactic Accredited Space Office in the Middle East has launched “A Taste of Space”. The new package has been designed to tempt would-be astronauts for the Virgin Galactic sub-orbital fli read more
The Stars: Our Destination
Space tourists - who they are? | March 4th 2008 by Ruzil'
Vacations in space and time Forty years ago it was “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Now it is a small step for anyone who dares. For the last four decades, space flight has been neglected as a primary conduit to read more
Update on Spaceport America
New Frontiers | February 26th 2008 by TheFool
As you may or may not know New Mexico is building the nation's first purpose-built commercial spaceport. The name of the project is Spaceport America and is a $198 million venture that will be around 18,000 acres. The land is located north of Las Cru read more
The Enormity of Space
The Mendicant Bug | February 26th 2008 by Jason Adams
Whenever I hear the word enormity used to describe how gi-freakin-normous something is, I always willfully misinterpret it to mean an act of extreme evil or extreme wickedness. Now before you start screaming prescriptivist and throwing Kleenexes dr read more
$30 million: The amount Google will pay you for going to the Moon
Exploring Our World | February 24th 2008 by Richard
Fancy winning $30 million? Google has now made it slightly easier to get those millions, and it’s all in the good cause of exploration. So what do you have to do? Well, it was never going to be easy to get that much money: simply design a robot read more
Audley Travel boss books space flight with Virgin Galactic
Space tourists - who they are? | February 20th 2008 by Ruzil'
Audley Travel boss Craig Burkinshaw (pictured below) will experience the trip of a lifetime when he boards a Virgin Galactic spaceship. The Oxfordshire-based businessman, who heads up the specialist tour operator, has spent £100,000 to be one read more
Episode 2 - Universe of Luxury
Universe of Luxury | February 19th 2008 by Mike Boudet
This is the geek episode, covering everything from consumer space travel to a 10,000 Rubix Cube! So plug your iPod into our Rolls and join us as we get totally geeked-out… read more
Space flight experience at a bargain price
Space tourists - who they are? | February 13th 2008 by Ruzil'
A promotional shot of Virgin Galactic's Spaceship Two. If a $260,000 flight into space busts your budget then maybe the $23,000 sub-orbital space flight training is more up your alley. Open to the public for the first time, the simulation has b read more
Kiwi space hopefuls at Virgin Galactic unveiling (+photos)
Space tourists - who they are? | February 9th 2008 by Ruzil'
Two New Zealanders who hope to become the first Kiwis in space were in New York last week for the unveiling of Virgin Galactic's launch system. Christchurch real estate agent Jackie Maw and businessman Mark Rocket, a space enthusiast who changed read more
The new form of travel - Virgin Galactic
Space tourists - who they are? | February 8th 2008 by Ruzil'
Up, up and away ... Branson said he would like to see the company's second spaceport set up in Australia in 2006 INITIALLY dismissed as another Richard Branson publicity stunt, Virgin Galactic is starting to attract serious attention as the poten read more
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