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Private Spaceship Could Start Carrying Tourists Within a Year
space.com ^ | 11/30/10 | Clara Moskowitz

Posted on 11/30/2010 5:44:56 PM PST by KevinDavis

NEW YORK — Virgin Galactic's new commercial spaceship could be flying its first passengers — company founder Sir Richard Branson and his family — in about a year, Branson said today (Nov. 30) on NBC's "Today" show.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: space

1 posted on 11/30/2010 5:45:03 PM PST by KevinDavis
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To: LuvFreeRepublic; LittleBillyInfidel; LucyT; HighWheeler; ChuckHam; Elderberry; ColdOne; Tolkien; ...



2 posted on 11/30/2010 5:45:58 PM PST by KevinDavis (I have no problem with a black president. But the one we have now is yellow to the core)
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Buffalo Anchorman: Our top story Tonight, Four-alarm fire rages through Downtown Buffalo. Also in the news, Lunar Shuttle heads for the Sun, and certain disaster.
Tokyo Anchorman: Our top story Tonight, Four-alarm fire rages through Downtown Tokyo. Also in the news, American Lunar Mission locked in death struggle.
Moscow Anchorman: [with a gun pointed to his head] A Four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory. And on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are soon to perish in Shuttle disaster.


3 posted on 11/30/2010 5:50:46 PM PST by dfwgator (Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
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Great. Just in time for the end of the world.


4 posted on 11/30/2010 6:02:15 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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I’ll betcha that blows up REAL good. :)


5 posted on 11/30/2010 6:36:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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Who’s going to do the pre-board groping, TSA or NASA?


6 posted on 11/30/2010 6:45:52 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

No need to scatter the ashes either. It’s part of the deal.


7 posted on 11/30/2010 6:53:42 PM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: dfwgator
Buffalo Anchorman: Our top story Tonight, Four-alarm fire rages through Downtown Buffalo. Also in the news, Lunar Shuttle heads for the Sun, and certain disaster.
Tokyo Anchorman: Our top story Tonight, Four-alarm fire rages through Downtown Tokyo. Also in the news, American Lunar Mission locked in death struggle.
Moscow Anchorman: [with a gun pointed to his head] A Four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory. And on the lighter side of the news, Hundreds of Capitalists are soon to perish in Shuttle disaster.

RIP Leslie Nielsen...and don't call him Shirley

8 posted on 12/01/2010 4:44:40 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein.)
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BOOM...HE BLOWED UP REAL GOOD
9 posted on 12/01/2010 4:56:26 AM PST by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein.)
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