Tag: Richard Branson

Virgin Galactic: More Delays, More Opportunities

Virgin Galactic: More Delays, More Opportunities

Image Credit Virgin Galactic Confirming a schedule slip which comes as no surprise, Virgin Galactic is now estimating that the first passenger flight (with founder Richard Branson aboard) will not take place until February or March of 2015. 2015.  The comments from the flamboyant businessman and adventurer came during an appearance with David Letterman on […]

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Gaga to Sing and Marry Aboard Virgin Galactic?

Gaga to Sing and Marry Aboard Virgin Galactic?

Say it ain’t so. The Daily Star reports that in addition to performing a one song “set” on her upcoming sub-orbital flight aboard Richard’s Branson’s Virgin Galactic,  Lady Gaga is planning to have a “commitment ceremony” with her boyfriend Taylor Kinney on the maiden flight of Virgin Galactic’s VSS Enterprise. According to the Daily Star  […]

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Winklevoss plus Bitcoins equals Zero G

Winklevoss plus Bitcoins equals Zero G

It has been a wild week in world of digital currency known as bitcoins, beginning with a high profile theft, and culminating with NewsWeeks’s claim that it has identified its enigmatic creator. Somewhere in the middle comes a new piece of evidence that bitcoins may have a future as interplanetary currency. Virgin Galactic has received another […]

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One Fast Step, Virgin Galactic Breaks the Sound Barrier with SpaceShipTwo

One Fast Step, Virgin Galactic Breaks the Sound Barrier with SpaceShipTwo

The suborbital space transportation industry took one of its biggest steps to date this morning, with the first powered test flight of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, the complete details of which are included in the press release below.  Coming as it does in the same month which saw Orbital Sciences complete the first launch of the Antares booster,   and looking […]

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