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sabertooth1217
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 Thu May 19, 2005 7:05 pm Enterprise Goes To Space In 2008 |
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http://www.trekunited.com
http://www.virgingalactic.com/en/default.asp
| Quote: | Virgin Galactic's first suborbital spacecraft is designed for tourists to travel where only a select few have gone; christened the VSS Enterprise, in homage to Gene Roddenberry's famous USS Enterprise. Virgin Galactic's second spacecraft, the VSS Voyager also takes its name from the Star Trek series.
Richard Branson, one of the founders of the Virgin Group, has had a desire to offer spaceflight to the paying public and has suggested that the initial ticket price for a suborbital trip will run the "space tourist" around $210,000.00 in U.S. dollars. That price would include one suborbital space flight and a week of flight training. As of April 2005, 100 people have signed on and put their deposits down for a reserved seat aboard the vessel. One of those pre-paid customers to be the first to sign on is William Shatner, Captain James T. Kirk, himself.
According to Branson and partner spacecraft designer Burt Rutan the desire of Virgin Galactic is to reinvest profits from early tourism flights back into the program in order to make space tourism more affordable.
The VSS Enterprises' "virgin" tourism flight is scheduled for sometime in 2008 and passengers will include Branson and some family members.
Branson's vision for space travel tourism doesn't stop at the suborbital level. His real goal is to develop orbital space tourism, including a "space hotel."
Space, the final frontier, is about to get a little crowded. |
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Starbuck
faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
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Location: between chaos and melody
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| Thu May 19, 2005 7:16 pm |
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that is so cool
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sabertooth1217
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Location: Texas
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| Thu May 19, 2005 7:41 pm |
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| Starbuck wrote: | | that is so cool |
I told my mom and my sister and both of them have already banned me from such acts... But when I get out of college and start to save for retirement and children's college funds... I may just open a secret account.. 
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
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| Thu May 19, 2005 8:53 pm |
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SOOOO cool!
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zero
Rear Admiral
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 4566
Location: Texas
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| Thu May 19, 2005 9:10 pm |
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this is old news. I wish I could go!
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Lord Borg
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 27 May 2003
Posts: 11214
Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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| Fri May 20, 2005 1:58 am |
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Must get really rich so i can do this. I shall be abord enterprise and voyager 
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Seven of Nine
Sammie's Mammy
Joined: 16 Jun 2001
Posts: 7871
Location: North East England
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| Fri May 20, 2005 3:02 am |
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I wanna go... but I'd have to win the lottery first 
I likes Richard Branson though, and his Virgin trains may not run on time but they are very comfortable 
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borgslayer
Rear Admiral
Joined: 27 Aug 2003
Posts: 2646
Location: Las Vegas
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| Fri May 20, 2005 3:43 pm |
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I can't wait for affordable space travel.
I also can't wait for the invention of the warp nacelles and warp drive.
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Dirt
Exercise Boy
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2086
Location: a tree
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| Fri May 20, 2005 3:51 pm |
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Think it's a waste of natural resources.
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madlilnerd
Duchess of Dancemat
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
Posts: 5885
Location: Slough, England
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| Fri May 20, 2005 4:01 pm |
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/\ same here, but I'd love to be a hostess on the voyage! It would be your job to entertain millionairs in space!!!
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sabertooth1217
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Posts: 11484
Location: Texas
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| Fri May 20, 2005 7:10 pm |
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| madlilnerd wrote: | | /\ same here, but I'd love to be a hostess on the voyage! It would be your job to entertain millionairs in space!!! |
Where do I apply?!?!?
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 14823
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| Fri May 20, 2005 7:34 pm |
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How big will the ships be, and what will they look like?
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webtaz99
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Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Posts: 1229
Location: The Other Side
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| Fri May 20, 2005 8:25 pm |
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I'm guessing here, but businessmen don't take unnecessary risks, so: I guess they will look very much like Space Ship One, maybe bigger (more safety equpipment, which means more fuel), and will almost certainly have a "feather" like SS1.
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sabertooth1217
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