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Virgin Galactic Allows Passengers Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Space

Virgin Galactic Allows Passengers Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Space

If you can afford the $200,000 price tag, you can reserve one of the coveted seats on Virgin Galactic’s commercial spaceship. Oh, and you’ll be able to tweet about it. Continue reading

You’ve Seen The Dark Knight, How About The White Knight?

Remember the Virgin Galactic Mothership Hunter posted about over the weekend? Well, Designer Burt Rhutan of Scaled Composites and Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin, have unveiled the latest in aviation technology and the world’s largest all carbon composite aircraft, the White Knight 2. It’s capable of reaching heights as great as 50,000 feet and specifies in training pilots for pre space-flight with positive G forces and zero G exercises. Branson’s interest in space exploration was inspired by Steven Hawking... Continue reading

Virgin Galactic Mothership To Debut On Monday

Good news for people who want to have a space wedding or drink some Martian mineral water: Virgin Galactic, the space tourism venture co-sponsored by British mogul Sir Richard Branson and aerospace designer Burt Rutan will unveil their ship White Knight Two tomorrow. Over two hundred people have already plunked down $200,000 to take Virgin Galactic’s rockets to space when the program begins sometime after late 2009. White Knight Two will carry the rockets 50,000 feet in the air before... Continue reading