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DVICE TV: Richard Branson, Space Ace
So you've heard all about Virgin Galactic's new spaceship, but the big thing you want to know is when will tickets be cheap enough so everyone can afford them? Only one man knows that: Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the company. We got a chance to sit down with him for a few minutes after the big unveiling, and he dished on how long it would take for tickets on SpaceShipTwo to be affordable to everyone, joining the 150-mile-high club, and how barf bags work in zero-g.
Click the vid to hear Sir Richard speak, and check out the short gallery below of Vanessa on the scene.
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By murc at 7:38 PM ON 01/23/08
just want to point out.
sub-orbit is 62 miles...150 miles is considered low-earth orbit....which is the height that you would find the ISS and space shuttle.
By charles at 7:32 PM ON 02/04/08
What an enormous waste of money, just to joyride in space for a few hours. Sir Richard Branson should visit a few million poor people and see what they think of his program in space. Richard, save the polar bears that are drowning at sea every year or feed the poor or anything that might truly get you into Heaven. I see now why the rich can't make it into Heaven-per Christ!
By Bob at 9:35 AM ON 02/10/08
To charles, Reaching their goal will reap more benefits like going to the moon (and mars/advanced cheap fights). I see you are using a computer and not living in a hut. Let the rich advance quality of life and us christians to use what comes from it for good. "Wasting money" on developing medicine never helped anyone right? Its not about judging others but being good stewarts after all.
By Therault at 12:30 AM ON 02/16/08
This is the first step for one of the great advancements man has got to take. Our planet is getting crowded. Maybe in a thousand years we could be living on different planets already terraformed for us. So congrats to Virgin for their embarkment on such a great endeavor!
By Therault at 12:31 AM ON 02/16/08
This is the first step for one of the great advancements man has got to take. Our planet is getting crowded. Maybe in a thousand years we could be living on different planets already terraformed for us. So congrats to Virgin for their embarkment on such a great endeavor!
By Nightflier at 2:02 AM ON 02/16/08
Robert Heinlein, science fiction writer and visionary during the latter half of the past millenium predicted that it would be Corporations and not governments who would finance and undertake interplanetary exploration. Men of Branson's pioneering spirit are making the prediction a reality. Governments often have hidden agendas; true explorers are driven by dreams and simple curiosity. Branson and those who follow will take us back to the Moon and on to a permanent Mars base. I grew up reading science fiction; I'm living long enough to see it become science fact.
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