Space companies eye HI as potential new frontier

Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights. Hawaii could even be the first state where space travelers use rocket planes to get from one place to another. Rather than launching and landing in the same spot, planners envision the planes taking off in one place, traveling through space, then coming down in another, going from the Big Island to Oahu. Within a decade, space travelers could island hop from Hawaii to Japan in 45 minutes.

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Russia: No more space tourists after 2009

Russia won't be sending tourists to the international space station after this year because of plans to double the station's crew from three to six people, the head of Russia's space agency said in an interview published Wednesday.

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California rocket firm has its first space tourist

A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth.

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Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft

The space tourism race marked a milestone Monday as British mogul Sir Richard Branson and American aerospace designer Burt Rutan waved to a crowd from inside the cabin of an exotic jet that will carry a passenger spaceship to launch altitude.

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Google co-founder reserves seat to outer space

A company that sends wealthy tourists into space aboard Russian rockets announced Wednesday that it has a new client, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, and a new plan for the first entirely private flight to the international space station.

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New Rocket Aims for Space Tourism Market

Entrepreneurs of the new commercial space age plan to start test flights in 2010 of a practical four-engine rocket ship that will take people on Mach 2 thrill rides up to 200,000 feet and which also has the interest of the Air Force.

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Virgin Galactic Unveils Spaceship

Within a few years, a handful of rich tourists may be blasting into space in a craft that looks a little like a cross between the space shuttle and a corporate jet.

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Race to Blast Tourists Into Space Is On

If floating weightless and peering down on a shimmering-blue Earth sounds appealing, you might consider being a space tourist.

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New Joint Venture Joins Space Tourism Race

A company that has sent three space tourists into orbit has partnered with an investment firm founded by major sponsors of the Ansari X Prize to develop rocket ships for suborbital flights.

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Most people's idea of a weekend getaway might be a break in the Cotswolds, Devon or perhaps Provence. A select group of well-heeled adventurers, however, may soon be able to aim higher: three nights in a hotel in space.

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A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.

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Space tourism industry is heating up.

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Great news for the state of NM and for commercial suborbital flight!

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Virgin's plans to take tourists into space could open up a range of possibilities for the company including space science, computer server farms in space and replacing long-haul flights.

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A great article on where Virgin is going with the space tourism business.

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On December 31st, 2008, Virgin Galactic signed a 20 year lease agreement with the State of New Mexico.

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For a sense of what's in store, take a look at the breakthroughs on this page. Some of them may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but they're closer to reality than you may think.

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Congrats to Burt Rutan today and the guys from Virgin Galactic!

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Residents of Otero County in New Mexico have defeated a Spaceport America tax increase to help build an inland spaceport that will serve as the launching ground for commercial spacecraft.

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a COMPANY called Scaled Composites is to aircraft makers what Ozwald Boateng is to tailors. If Sir wants something bespoke but slightly outlandish, Sir has most definitely come to the right place.

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Amid fanfare, Virgin Galactic unveils White Knight II

Four years after SpaceShipOne became the world's first privately developed manned vehicle to travel into space, famed aircraft designer Burt Rutan and billionaire financier Sir Richard Branson unveiled elements of the commercial follow-on vehicle today.

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Out in the Mojave desert, Virgin Galactic has unveiled the new transport ship they'll be using to carry their SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space. With a 140-foot wingspan, it's the largest all-carbon composite aircraft ever built.

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A French flight attendant has won an opportunity to fly to the edge of space after rescuing a winning candy wrapper from the garbage.

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Very interesting article about the Google founder who has now bought a seat going to the space station for a vacation in 2011.

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Los Angeles, March 26, 2008 – A small California aerospace company today unveiled a new suborbital spaceship that will provide affordable front-seat rides to the edge of space for the millions of people who want to buy a ticket.

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A small California aerospace company today unveiled a new suborbital spaceship that will provide affordable front-seat rides to the edge of space for the millions of people who want to buy a ticket.

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A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth.

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Breakthroughs on the Horizon

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Burt Rutan took the cloak off of his new spacecraft on Wednesday.

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Burt Rutan took the cloak off of his new spacecraft on Wednesday.

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Cool pictures of the new Spaceship II

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It looks like a cut-price version of the set of a Bond movie. Blocky, 60s-style white consoles face a large wall-mounted video screen, each covered in dials and buttons with words like "pump on", "fire" and "liftoff" written on them.

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Space tourists may have to seek alternative transport after 2009 due to a lack of room on the Russian capsule serving the International Space Station, Russia's space agency chief said Thursday.

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There are so many reasons to go to space for your own personal enjoyment, here are some of the best reasons to come up with the $200,000 now to get your butt into space.

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