Branson&#39;s Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007
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Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.
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Richard Branson reinforced his reputation as an entrepreneurial showman on Monday by announcing a $100m plan to send tourists into space.
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&quot;Virgin has been in talks with Paul Allen and Burt [Rutan] throughout this year and in the early hours of Saturday signed a historical deal to license SpaceShipOne&#39;s technology to build the world&#39;s
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Billionaire Virgin Group Chairman   Richard Branson on Thursday committed an estimated $3 billion   over the next 10 years, or all of the profits from his airline   and rail businesses, to combating global warming.
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Space company Virgin Galactic urges the government to allow it to launch passenger flights from the UK.
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LONDON-September 27, 2004 - A ticket may soon be all that separates you from a dream voyage to the final frontier. British entrepreneur Richard Branson says Virgin company plans to start offering commercial space flights over the next few years.
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Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business.
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Sci/Tech News, New York - British tycoon Richard Branson&#39;s Virgin Group said on Monday it was jumping into the market for online music, with a &quot;Digital Megastore&quot; offering US customers song downloads for 99 cents.
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LONDON  -- British airline magnate Richard Branson announced a hugely ambitious plan for the world's first commercial space flights, saying he would send "thousands" of fee-paying astronauts into orbit in the next five years.       Branson, a flamboyant communicator and high-profile tycoon, said his Virgin Atlantic airline had signed a technology licensing deal with the US company behind SpaceShipOne, which in June became the first private manned craft to travel to space...
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Space tourism, a long-cherished dream of mankind, is a step closer to being realised with the announcement by tycoon Richard Branson that his Virgin Atlantic airline has signed a technology licensing deal with a US company.
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LONDON -- Sir Richard Branson, airline mogul and adventurer, announced plans yesterday to boldly go where no private transport company has gone before -- into space.
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Today, adventurous British entrepreneur Richard Branson formally announced that his Virgin transport, entertainment and communications company plans to launch commercial sub-orbital space flights by 2007.
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Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the Virgin vehicle that will carry customers into space.
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SIR Richard Branson has said one of the next projects he wants to undertake is building a Virgin hotel in space. The multi-millionaire entrepreneur is working on plans for Virgin Galactic Airways and has designers
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Richard Branson says the Virgin Global Flyer is looking good for its solo trip around the world without refuelling.
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Virgin Galactic shows off the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.
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Sir Richard Branson, owner of the Virgin Group, announced on Monday that he would offer travelers the chance to go to the edge of space beginning in 2007, for $190,000 a ticket.