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Branson aiming to build hotel in space
scotsman.com ^
| 10/26/04
| RHIANNON EDWARD
Posted on 10/26/2004 6:00:25 PM PDT by KevinDavis
SIR Richard Branson has said one of the next projects he wants to undertake is building a Virgin hotel in space.
The multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on plans for Virgin Galactic Airways and has designers building five spacecraft ready to take passengers into orbit.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: space; spacehotel
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Excellent...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:01:06 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:01:10 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(Pajamas are for wimps! Freep naked!)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:01:12 PM PDT
by
al baby
(she stuned my little beeber)
To: KevinDavis
Sounds great. Take a vacation and have the calcium leech out of your bones at ten times the rate of osteoporosis, have your head ache and sinuses fill up with snot as all the fluid from your legs goes into your abdomen and head. Experience extreme vertigo and inner ear dysfunction, too!
...I think I'll pass.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:03:04 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(The Leftists think they can tax us into "prosperity" and regulate us into "liberty.")
To: Prime Choice
You can pass. I'm gonna buy stock.
To: Prime Choice
Better than dying on earth. I'll book a stay if I am told I'm about to die. They can just set me to spin thru space for eternity. I've never cared for the thought of soil insects eating me up or mildew. Ashes aren't my thing either.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:13:21 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Can we possibly have just one more "Kidz-Bop"?)
To: Prime Choice
If your breasts get bigger, expect a daytime talk show next.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:15:00 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(Can we possibly have just one more "Kidz-Bop"?)
To: KevinDavis
Hmmm, I need to get the limit on my credit card increased. That, or win the lottery. I want to know if I get frequent flyer miles while I am in the hotel as it orbits the earth.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:22:09 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(The real Kerry-Edwards election slogan: "Attacked at Home, ridiculed abroad.")
To: Army Air Corps
That is a good question...
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:22:48 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: toomuchcoffee
You can pass. I'm gonna buy stock. Space...the next dot-com. Kiss your money goodbye, hoss.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:26:50 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(The Leftists think they can tax us into "prosperity" and regulate us into "liberty.")
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:27:36 PM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Proud FReeper since 1998. Proud monthly donor.)
To: KevinDavis
I thought this was about Branson, Missouri.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:27:37 PM PDT
by
motife
To: KevinDavis
What? We'll now have has been country singers cheesing it out in space? Come to think of it that may be a good place for the likes of Little Jimmy Dickens!
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:30:44 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: Prime Choice
> ... and have the calcium leech out of your bones at ten
> times the rate of osteoporosis, ...
Not a big problem for a stay of a few days.
> ... have your head ache and sinuses fill up with snot
> as all the fluid from your legs goes into your abdomen
> and head.
A rotating ring-shaped station could avoid all of the
above, and wouldn't even need to hit a full 1G. Does
Branson have such a design in mind? Probably not for
rev 1.0
> Experience extreme vertigo and inner ear dysfunction, too!
They may find themselves forced to pre-vet passengers
by sending them on zero-G parabolic jet flights first.
Nonetheless, space adaptation syndrome will make the
flight fragrant (and the stay, in the station is 0G).
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:32:18 PM PDT
by
Boundless
(Was your voter registration sabotaged by ACORN? Don't find out Nov. 2. Vote early.)
To: KevinDavis
Great start, but this article is a little too optimistic. The five ships that Branson is contracting for are based on the SpaceShipOne design and are suborbital only. They are designed to exceed 100 kilometers in altitude and therefore officially reach space.
The next great step for private space enterprise will be the development of a reusable, orbital craft, but that is significantly more complex than what is being planned for 2007.
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:41:57 PM PDT
by
Truth29
To: blackdog
Damn, more coffee on my keyboard...
To: KevinDavis
Branson aiming to build hotel in spaceBut why? Is there a world-class pub crawl up there somewhere? </sarcasm>
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posted on
10/26/2004 6:45:53 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(Dirty Kerry says, "Go ahead, Mary is gay!")
To: Boundless
To: KevinDavis
Sir Richard is my kind of nutjob.
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posted on
10/26/2004 7:09:27 PM PDT
by
zarf
(Toilet paper medicated with aloe is the greatest invention since the electric light!!)
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