A large Brandy please, Linda.
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| Virgin announces first commercial space flight service |
| 2004-09-27 |
| Not the 72 variety of virgin... Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson has announced his company has signed an agreement worth £14m to secure the first commercial flights into space. The deal with the US firm which owns the technology, could be worth millions over the next 15 years depending on the number of space vehicles built. Prices for each seat into space are expected to start at around £115,000. Sir Richard revealed the new venture at a briefing held on Monday at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London. I suppose the Russians were really the first to offer a commercial space flight, but the price tag for the Virgin one is within reach of the middle-upper rich, the Russian one was the province of the insanely rich. |
| Posted by:Lux |
| #11 Bingo. Many thanks. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-27 2:32:51 PM |
| #10 Howard- Supreme Headquarters Alien Defense Organization. Tell 'em SID sent you. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-27 2:25:34 PM |
| #9 I was waiting for a UFO buff to turn up. Now what did SHADO stand for? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-27 1:41:06 PM |
| #8 Are they gonna wear those pink wigs, like they had in Space 1999? That was UFO, a very entertaining show. And that photo, Gabrielle Drake, what a beauty. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-27 1:31:37 PM |
| #7 When shall we expect the Moslems to achieve something as magnificent as this? or does their god demand martyrdom in jihad, rather than spaceflight? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-09-27 12:24:25 PM |
| #6 Drink all you want, Howard, but separate flights for Arsenal and Chelsea, please. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-09-27 11:45:42 AM |
| #5 Better check the holds for thermites before departure. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-27 11:40:53 AM |
| #4 A large Brandy please, Linda. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-09-27 9:13:53 AM |
| #3 Are they gonna wear those pink wigs, like they had in Space 1999? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-09-27 9:05:21 AM |
| #2 Three words: British space stewardesses. He'll make a fortune.*S* Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2004-09-27 8:49:43 AM |
| #1 Good plan. In space, British tourists can be as drunk and unruly as they like, and offend no one! Win-win. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-27 7:03:02 AM |