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96 Lakh for a trip to space
Tuesday, 08 December 2009, 18:55 Hrs
Los Angeles: Flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson Monday unveiled the world's first commercial spaceship, saying it heralded a new age in travel.
"We want this programme to be a whole new beginning in a commercial era of space travel," Branson said of the 20 metre long craft, SpaceShip Two.
The eight-seater, rocket-powered vehicle was unveiled at a site in the Mojave desert, California. Branson said that after testing in 2010 he hopes the revolutionary spacecraft will be ready to start commercial flights from a space port currently under construction in New Mexico, by 2011.
Branson's company has already collected $42 million from a lengthy roster of would-be space travellers paying $200,000 each for a two-and-a-half-hour ride on SpaceShip Two.
The craft will be carried to a height of 50,000 feet by the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, from where it will fire its own rocket motor and climb to 110 km above Earth, allowing passengers to experience six minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth.
"NASA spent billions upon billions of dollars on space travel and has only managed to send 480 people," Branson said. "We're literally hoping to send thousands of people into space over the next couple of years. We want to make sure that we build a spaceship that is 100-percent safe."
Source: IANS
"We want this programme to be a whole new beginning in a commercial era of space travel," Branson said of the 20 metre long craft, SpaceShip Two.
The eight-seater, rocket-powered vehicle was unveiled at a site in the Mojave desert, California. Branson said that after testing in 2010 he hopes the revolutionary spacecraft will be ready to start commercial flights from a space port currently under construction in New Mexico, by 2011.
Branson's company has already collected $42 million from a lengthy roster of would-be space travellers paying $200,000 each for a two-and-a-half-hour ride on SpaceShip Two.
The craft will be carried to a height of 50,000 feet by the WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, from where it will fire its own rocket motor and climb to 110 km above Earth, allowing passengers to experience six minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth.
"NASA spent billions upon billions of dollars on space travel and has only managed to send 480 people," Branson said. "We're literally hoping to send thousands of people into space over the next couple of years. We want to make sure that we build a spaceship that is 100-percent safe."
Source: IANS
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Posted by: thailand hotel buchen - 14 Apr, 2010
2: To the makers of this spaceship: There are
other ways to earn money by staying on earth.
Do not make the life of 6.5 billion people
even more difficult to live by playing with
the nature for a 1 or 2 hrs pleasure of a
handful riches
Posted by: Ashwani - 10 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: Ashwani
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
4: This is one good way to make money, But why
do you forget that you will be harming the
Ozone layer and puncturing it just for a ride
to make few people feel weightless for mere 6
minutes. Ask this question to yourself- is it
right to harm the ozone layer to feel in
space for some wealthy people? It will have
lot of adverse effects on the earth/
atmosphere.
Think again on what you are doing.......................
Think again on what you are doing.......................
Posted by: Rohan - 09 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: Rohan
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
6: Well as per the dollar amount given in the
article, the cost of a trip comes out to Rs
92 lakhs and not Rs 9.6 lakhs. Unless they
have a special offer for Indians :)
Posted by: Ashish - 08 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: Ashish
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
8:Its 96 not 9.6
sadik replied to: Ashish
post - 08 Dec, 2009
post - 08 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: sadik
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
10: Rs. 9 lakh for a two-and-a-half hour trip? I
guess that is a lot of money to go to space..
Posted by: Lohit - 08 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: Lohit
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
12:yeah.. it was cheap then every ass hole would
rush to it
sri replied to: Lohit
post - 08 Dec, 2009
post - 08 Dec, 2009
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thailand hotel buchen replied to: sri
post - 14 Apr, 2010
post - 14 Apr, 2010
14:It is not 9 Lakh, it is 90 Lakh for 200,000
US Dollars. Though the cost is prohibitive, I
must say that Mr. Branson has immense
business sense. That is the reason all the
proposed flight for first two years are fully
booked even before the aircraft is built.
Arvind replied to: Lohit
post - 08 Dec, 2009
post - 08 Dec, 2009
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