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Space Odyssey

Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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The countdown has begun. Some day soon, perhaps within a year, Virgin Galactic, the private space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, will rocket its first paying customers into sub-orbital space. The narrow-nosed spacecraft, with cushioned, reclining seats for six passengers and portholes for easy viewing, is attached to a larger plane for takeoff and then detaches at 50,000 [...]

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