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Virgin is preparing to start test flights for private space
The CEO of Virgin Galactic said on Wednesday that the company aims to launch test flights into space in 2011 and it does not need
Additional funding after it sold its shares of the Company wells in Abu Dhabi last year.
Revealed by Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of Virgin Atlantic Airways-owned Myardir Richard Branson in December last year on the first commercial space ship, passenger and which was considered expensive risk for the development of tourism industry of commercial space.
Said Will Whitehorn, CEO of the company told reporters on the sidelines of a conference of space in Dubai, "We passed a lot of the major obstacles." The Branson said in December that the company Virgin Galactic hopes to convey the winged spaceship 2 by approximately the size of small van of tourists to the area where there is no gravity in two or three years.
Whitehorn said on Wednesday: "Space Port will be opened next year and hope to try to send space missions next year. I would not say whether (the start of commercial flights) will be in 2011 or 2012 or 2013 is going to happen when we are ready." He said that about 330 people are seeking to become the pioneers of space deposited about 45 million dollars for the trip, which would cost 200 thousand dollars and that 20 of them from Gulf Arab states, adding that 100 thousand showed interest in spaceflight.
"The biggest challenge is to obtain regulatory approval to start flights, but we will not race against anyone racing against for safety only." The project has a budget of 450 million dollars and includes manufacturing space of six ships carrying commercial passengers to an area where there is no gravity and see them rotate the globe against the background of deep space.
Bought out by wells taken from Abu Dhabi-based investment arm in the areas of non-oil International Petroleum Investment Company's state-owned share of 32 percent of the shares of the amount of Galactic 280 million dollars as part of the emirate seeks to diversify its economy as well as oil. It also guaranteed the right to host the space tourist flights and trips for Scientific Research and revealed plans to build a space port in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
In response to a question whether the Galactic need more investment by private investors, "Whitehorn said his company does not need extra funding.
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Additional funding after it sold its shares of the Company wells in Abu Dhabi last year.
Revealed by Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of Virgin Atlantic Airways-owned Myardir Richard Branson in December last year on the first commercial space ship, passenger and which was considered expensive risk for the development of tourism industry of commercial space.
Said Will Whitehorn, CEO of the company told reporters on the sidelines of a conference of space in Dubai, "We passed a lot of the major obstacles." The Branson said in December that the company Virgin Galactic hopes to convey the winged spaceship 2 by approximately the size of small van of tourists to the area where there is no gravity in two or three years.
Whitehorn said on Wednesday: "Space Port will be opened next year and hope to try to send space missions next year. I would not say whether (the start of commercial flights) will be in 2011 or 2012 or 2013 is going to happen when we are ready." He said that about 330 people are seeking to become the pioneers of space deposited about 45 million dollars for the trip, which would cost 200 thousand dollars and that 20 of them from Gulf Arab states, adding that 100 thousand showed interest in spaceflight.
"The biggest challenge is to obtain regulatory approval to start flights, but we will not race against anyone racing against for safety only." The project has a budget of 450 million dollars and includes manufacturing space of six ships carrying commercial passengers to an area where there is no gravity and see them rotate the globe against the background of deep space.
Bought out by wells taken from Abu Dhabi-based investment arm in the areas of non-oil International Petroleum Investment Company's state-owned share of 32 percent of the shares of the amount of Galactic 280 million dollars as part of the emirate seeks to diversify its economy as well as oil. It also guaranteed the right to host the space tourist flights and trips for Scientific Research and revealed plans to build a space port in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
In response to a question whether the Galactic need more investment by private investors, "Whitehorn said his company does not need extra funding.
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