Tag: virgin galactic
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#MorningMonarchy: July 10, 2018
Fake accounts, sweetheart deals and irresponsible use + this day in history w/the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and our song of the day by Menace Beach on your Morning Monarchy for July 10, 2018.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 28, 2017
Strange times, solar radiation management and orbiting colonies + this day in history w/Three Mile Island and our song of the day by Thievery Corporation on your Morning Monarchy for March 28, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 23, 2016
Space music, dumb phones and the ‘Mobile World’ order + this day in history w/Gitmo and our song of the day by Mavis Staples on your Morning Monarchy for February 23, 2016.
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Private Space Says: Don’t Overreact to Recent Mishaps
from floridatoday.com: Two high-profile mishaps involving private spacecraft last week have sparked new debate about whether the government should increase its oversight and regulation of a fledgling industry tackling complicated, risky ventures. But commercial space advocates say Congress and the administration shouldn’t view the unrelated accidents — one involving a rocket launch to the International…
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Branson Determined to Find Cause of #Virgin Spaceship Crash
from reuters.com: Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Saturday he was determined to find out what caused a passenger spaceship being developed by his space tourism company to crash during a test flight in California, killing one pilot and injuring the other. Branson arrived in California’s Mojave Desert to meet his Virgin Galactic team and…
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Lady Gaga to Sing on Virgin Galactic Rocket Ride
from space.com: Lady Gaga is planning to fly to space. The famed 27-year-old pop singer is scheduled to blast off on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo in early 2015, according to press reports. Gaga will reportedly sing one song during her trip into suborbital space. “She has to do a month of vocal training because of the…
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Virgin Galactic Closing in on Commercial Spaceflight
Universe Today informs, “SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket Engines for First Ever Supersonic Test Flight.” “The test flight began at about 7:02 a.m. local California time as SpaceShipTwo took off from Mojave strapped to the belly of the WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) mothership. S2 was released from the mothership at an altitude of 47,000 feet (14 km) some 45…
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9/15 Defcon: Virgin, Havoc & White Space
Virgin aims for first space launch within a year // US military plane forced to land after North Korean electronic attack in March // Netflix for books? Amazon is considering // Google purchases Big Blue patents to defend Android // Twin Towers on Mars
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coming soon: space tourism
Have you seen ads or checked out ORBITZ for a space tourism package? There are no listings yet, but the wait may be shorter than you think? Fraser and Pamela of Astronomycast Episode 221 survey one of the few bright spots in human endeavors: space tourism. Are you ready to Space Boogey (Jeff Beck)? Fraser…