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Branson unveils commercial spaceship

Monday, December 7th, 2009

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson calls his spacecraft for tourists willing to pay 200000 dollars a ticket “a dream come true.”

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Virgin Galactic Spaceship launch of Mothership "Eve"

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

www.virgingalactic.com http VIRGIN GALACTIC ROLLS OUT MOTHERSHIP “EVE” WhiteKnightTwo launch vehicle for SpaceShipTwo heralds a new era in aerospace fuel efficiency, performance and versatility Mojave Air and Spaceport, California July 28th 2008 Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, today pulled back the hangar doors on the new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft that will ferry SpaceShipTwo and thousands of private astronauts, science packages and payload on the first stage of the Virgin Galactic sub-orbital space experience. The rollout represents another major milestone in Virgin Galactic’s quest to launch the world’s first private, environmentally benign, space access system for people, payload and science

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Benson Space Logo and Spaceship

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

Based in Poway, California, Benson Space Company is a commercial space tourism venture with an ambitious goal to be the first-to-market for commercial suborbital flights. Founder and CEO, Jim Benson, is dedicated to opening up space travel for all of humanity, creating the possibility that anyone who wants to go to space will be able to, safely and affordably, so that they can experience first-hand the ultimate thrill of suborbital spaceflight. Credits: Benson Space Company (BSC)

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