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SpaceShipOne
Flight 15P - June 21 2004
(first space flight)
max speed: Mach 2.9
altitude: 100.1 km
duration: 24 min 05 s
pilot: Mike Melvill
BIGELOW AEROSPACE
Private Space Tourism
NASA's manned & robotic missions to Earth orbit and other planets, moons, asteriods, and comets.
A model of the SpaceShipTwo spaceship, the first in the passenger fleet to be named VSSENTERPRISE, is seen after it was unveiled by entrepreneur Richard Branson and aircraft designer Burt Rutan in New York Jan. 23, 2008. Branson unveiled a model of Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites' new WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo aircrafts, which he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis next year.
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The Life Aquatic: With Steve Zissou, The Prestige, Nosferatu eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922), Interview with the Vampire, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Super Troopers, Psycho Beach Party, Cereal Mom, Shaun of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, The Rules of Attraction, Jarhead, Death to Smoochie, Goonies, Brokeback Mountain, Alien, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Highway, Party Monster, Aviator, Clerks, Mall Rats, KILL BILL, Fight Club, Vampaia hanta D, and of course Fahrenheit 9/11.
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L O S T
Original Star Trek
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Vampire Chronicals
Dracula:
Bram Stoker (1847-1912)
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Virgin Galactic is the world's first spaceline. Giving you the groundbreaking opportunity to become one of the first ever non-professional astronauts. Virgin Galactic will own and operate its privately built spaceships, modelled on the remarkable, history-making SpaceShipOne.
Virgin's vast experience in aviation, adventure, luxury travel and cutting-edge design combined with the unique technology developed by Burt Rutan will ensure an unforgettable experience unlike any other available to mankind.
With safety at the forefront, spacecraft are being designed at Rutan's base in Mojave, California alongside a concerted research and development programme.
"The deal with Mojave Aerospace Ventures is just the start of what we believe will be a new era in the history of mankind, one day making the affordable exploration of space by human beings a real possibility." Richard Branson.
It is these spaceships that will allow affordable sub-orbital space tourism for the first time in the history of the universe.
Virgin Galactic's space flights will initially operate from the Mojave Spaceport, a stunning location in the Californian desert which will afford spectacular views of the Pacific Coast. It is also the home of Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites, the birth place of SpaceShipOne and where SpaceShipTwo is now being built. It will provide a fitting launch site for this amazing venture.
Virgin Galactic will then establish its headquarters and operate its space flights from the world's first purpose built commercial spaceport, 'Spaceport America' in New Mexico. Funded by the New Mexico state government and now in course of design and construction, it will provide cutting edge facilities and a wonderful location for fledgling astronauts to realise their dreams.
Virgin Galactic is also already looking seriously at other potential spaceport locations around the world, with a view to expanding the enterprise and making the wonder of space travel as accessible to as many people as possible.
The term Astronaut is a derived from Greek words Ajstron ("star") and nautes ("sailor"). The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. In the United States, people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) are designated as astronauts. The FAI defines spaceflight as over 100 km (62 miles).
Virgin Galactic passengers will receive their Virgin Galactic astronaut wings and may receive FAA astronaut wings as well.