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• "The Art of Living Well" : an Inside Look at Privé International

  
  Luxvelocity — Authority: 432
    Interview with Cyprian Lerch, CEO of Privé International How did you come about founding the company PrivéInternational? First of all I would like to thank you for the opportunityto allow me to give some insight into our company and what we are all about. In2005 I had the opportunity to dine with ...
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  62 Mile Club — Authority: 414
  Source: Popular Mechanics New Area 51: Mojave’s Desert Outpost Holds Spaceflight’s Future By Joe Pappalardo Two technicians in coveralls stoop to push a gleaming white plane through open hangar doors into the bright sunshine of southern California’s Mojave Desert. The tailless aircraft is ...
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• LauncherOne: Virgin Galactic aiming for the unmanned launch business, with Surrey Satellite Technologies

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  Johnathan Amos Spaceman Blog BBC NEWS You are going to hear a lot in the next few weeks about Virgin Galactic , not least because on 7 December the company will unveil SpaceShipTwo in the Mojave Desert, California. I want to concentrate on another Galactic project which is now gathering pace - the ...
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• License to Thrill Meet the first commercial rocketship pilots

  
  62 Mile Club — Authority: 414
  Source: Air & Space Smithsonian By Michael Belfiore In the old days it was straightforward enough. The planet had two corps of astronauts, Soviet and U.S., and to join one, you had to be a military test pilot. But now the rules have changed. You don’t have to be an American or a Russian anymore, and you ...
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• Richard Branson

  
  Morninglory, analyse financire — Authority: 123
  Le fabuleux destin de Richard Branson ou comment devient-on un grand patron à la tête d’une fortune estimée à plus de trois milliards de livres sterling …. Du cancre à l’école au milliardaire père fondateur de Virgin (Megastores, Atlantic, Cola, Direct, Trains, Active…) Richard Branson est une ...
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• Investment in Commercial Spaceflight Grows to $1.46 Billion Industry Study Reveals

  
  International Space Fellowship — Authority: 583
  Total investment in the commercial human spaceflight sector has risen by 20% since January 2008, reaching a cumulative total of $1.46 billion, according to a new extensive study performed by the Tauri Group and commissioned by the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Revenues and deposits for commercial human ...
  4 days ago

• Moray MP: What You Talkin’ About, Willie?

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 489
  MP ‘mystified’ by comments about UK space flights The Press and Journal Moray MP Angus Robertson last night said he was “mystified” by Virgin Galactic’s claims that British laws must be changed before Moray can be considered as Europe’s international space station base. The company plans to offer ...
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• Virgin Galactic Turns Down Porn Shoot In Space

  
  News America Now — Authority: 142
  “Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn has said he was baffled when he was approached by someone interested in hiring the whole spacecraft – only to find out he was a porn baron. The 49-year-old said: ‘We hot approached by someone who turned out to be a porn-film maker who wanted to hire the whole ship. ...
  5 days ago

• Virgin shuns $1million porn shoot in space

  
  Deadline Press & Picture Agency — Authority: 569
  By Rory Reynolds THE boss of the world’s first space travel firm has revealed how a film producer attempted to hire the world’s most advanced space craft – to make a porn movie. Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn has said he was baffled when he was approached by someone interested in hiring the whole ...
  5 days ago

• Law change needed for Scotland spaceport

  
  Lunar Pioneer — Authority: 438
  BBC - A change in the law is needed before Scotland can be considered as a launch site for commercial space flights, the head of Virgin Galactic has said. The firms president Will Whitehorn said locations in Scotland and Sweden were being considered as bases for Virgins European operations. But he said UK laws ...
  6 days ago

• Where Im At

  
  It Is What It Is — Authority: 127
  Ill never get off this sodding planet! No flights can leave the planet from Scotland until the law is changed! This is what the president of Virgin Galactic , Will Whitehorn , is saying in a news . Its a shame, he says Lossiemouth is just right, and its reasonably handy for me, but because of the stupid ...
  6 days ago

• Reaching for the stars? First space hotel will launch in 2012, claim architects

  
  Command the Raven — Authority: 149
  From Daily Mail UKReaching for the stars? First space hotel will launch in 2012, claim architectsThe first ever space hotel will be launched in 2012, say architects - and will cost £2.7million for a three-night stay.The eye-watering price will include an eight-week training course on a tropical island, before ...
  1 week ago

• Reaching for the stars? First space hotel will launch in 2012, claim architects

  
  Jesus Lives! — Authority: 446
  From Daily Mail UK Reaching for the stars? First space hotel will launch in 2012, claim architects The first ever space hotel will be launched in 2012, say architects - and will cost £2.7million for a three-night stay. The eye-watering price will include an eight-week training course on a tropical island, ...
  1 week ago

• Concept art for Virgins LauncherOne

  
  The Original Rocket Dungeon — Authority: 436
  ParobolicArc posts a couple of concept drawings for Virgin Galactics recently announced foray into the world of small satellite launching.  The first has a cruise missile look to it and the second is more SpaceShipOne-like.  Given the differences and the quality of the drawings I am wondering if these came from ...
  1 week ago

• Elevator to the Stars (and Maybe a Hotel)

  
  Radioactive Communist Zombies — Authority: 128
  Lets take a break from politics for a moment. Instead of using big, expensive, disposed-after-one-use rockets to get into space (all thats left to us once the Shuttle program is grounded) another possibility is elevators.  Yes, climbing a cable into space.  Sounds like science fiction (and so far it is) but ...
  1 week ago

• EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Virgin Galactic LauncherOne designs revealed

  
  Hyperbola — Authority: 510
  credit: Virgin Galactic / caption: why the straigth wing and v-tail? This design for Virgin Galactics mini satellite launching rocket LauncherOne was shown by the companys small satellite launch general manager Adam Baker at the 60th International Astronautical Congress in Daejeon, Korea in October. For a more ...
  1 week ago

• Famous French Designer Working on Spaceport America

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 489
  The Independent has a profile about Frenchman Philippe Starck, who is “arguably the most famous designer dans le monde” and whose work will soon be seen by millionauts flying into space aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo out of Spaceport America. (...) Read the rest of Famous French Designer Working on ...
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• Whitehorn: Virgin Galactic Costs Will Come Down

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 489
  Budget Space Travel with Virgin Edinburgh Napier News Whitehorn delivered a lecture to an audience at Edinburgh Napier University this week on the Virgin Galactic project in which he reassured listeners that the cost of a ticket is expected to drop gradually to just $90,000 per person… (...) Read the rest of ...
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• UK Looks to Become Hub of Space Tourism

  
  Parabolic Arc — Authority: 489
  UK to lead commercial space travel The Engineer The UK could be a world leader in space technology and commercial suborbital flights in 20 years, according to the British space industry’s secretary-general. Paul Flanagan of UKspace told The Engineer Online that the UK is already a base for many leading ...
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• New Space News:

  
  62 Mile Club — Authority: 414
  MSNBC’s Alan Boyle discusses Spaceport America. Rob Coppinger of Hyperbola posted video from the recent International Astroautical Space Congress in Daejon, Korea.
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