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Virgin Galactic Reveals Spacecraft Design
UPI Correspondent New York (UPI) Sep 30, 2006 Virgin Galactic, at New York's Wired Magazine NextFest Forum, revealed designs for its eight-person craft designed to travel 60 miles above the Earth. The Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal said the company has offered attendees of the technology showcase, which runs through Sunday, a glimpse of the spacecraft it plans for 2008. "This is the first opportunity for the public to get a sneak preview of the sheer scale of what is under construction here," Britain's Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, said of the event. "Our vision is to successfully build the world's first environmentally benign space launch system that we believe will eventually be capable of taking payload and science into space as well as people." The company plans to offer rides in the craft, which is currently being built by Scaled Composites, initially from Mojave, Calif., at the cost of $200,000 before eventually moving its launch site outside of Truth or Consequences, N.M., the paper said.
Source: United Press International
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Democrats Question Wisdom of NASA Plans For Aeronautics Research Program
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 28, 2006The House Committee on Science's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics today held a second hearing on the state of NASA's aeronautics research program. As noted at a previous hearing in July, funding for NASA's aeronautics programs is scheduled to decline under the Administration's plan by 32% between FY 2004-2007, with continued erosion in purchasing power at least through the rest of the decade. |
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