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Popular Mechanics June 12, 2008 Joe Pappalardo	Google Exec's ISS Trip Sends Yet Another Rich Geek to Space Two more big names are now set to join the pantheon of private citizens turned space tourists (if they'll even let you call them that anymore). And, you guessed it, they're both rich nerds -- again.
Popular Mechanics July 29, 2008 Barbara S. Peterson	What Virgin's WhiteKnightTwo Really Means to the Future of Space Even with prototypes now just about ready to fly, how relevant is this self-styled New Space Race?
Popular Mechanics June 2, 2008 Glenn Reynolds	VC Cash in Tow, Space Tourist Biz Moves Beyond Early Adopters An analysis of the influx of money into suborbital flight and what that could mean for your vacation to the moon.
Popular Mechanics February 6, 2009 Michael Belfiore	Win a Private Space Flight for $20--Pending Success of Commercial Spaceflight Sir Richard Branson hopes to offer tickets to ride in orbit for around $200,000. But new contests are promising flights for as little as $20.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Tim Beyers	Virgin Starts (70) Mile-High Club Airline entrepreneur Richard Branson aims to take his company to the final frontier. Virgin Galactic will allow tourists to enjoy 4 minutes of weightlessness in space.
AskMen.com May 29, 2008 Jacob Franek	5 Things You Didn't Know: Space Tourism Here are a few things you probably didn't know, but may want to remember, if you're interested in space tourism.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2005 Tim Beyers	Stocks' Final Frontier As we reach for the stars, are there opportunities for investors in the new space race?
Wired January 2005 Spencer Reiss	Rocket Man Richard Branson conquered the world with the Virgin brand. Now, through a deal being negotiated with SpaceShipOne's owners, he wants to fly you to space with Virgin Galactic, the world's first off-the-planet private airline.
InsideFlyer April 2008	60 Seconds with World's First Space Tourist Redeeming mileage for space travel.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Logan Ward	Burt Rutan: Final Frontiersman Rutan is working to make space travel cheap enough-and safe enough-for ordinary people to experience. If anyone can pull that off, says Apollo 11 astronaut and PM editorial adviser Buzz Aldrin, it's probably Rutan.
Popular Mechanics December 9, 2009 Rand Simberg	Virgin Galactic's Unveil Is Tip of the Iceberg for Private Spaceflight The ability to fly experimenters and their experiments into suborbit, regularly and cheaply, could be a game changer in terms of research progress.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2009 Adrian Rush	One Small Step Closer to Civilian Spaceflight Virgin Galactic promises a "theatrical unveil" as the world's first commercial passenger aircraft designed for space travel gets set for its unveiling in the Mojave Desert.
Entrepreneur April 2005 Mark Henricks	Space Cowboys High-profile entrepreneurs pursue the final frontier.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2005 Tim Beyers	Bezos: Up, Up, and Away! The Amazon founder is about to reach for the stars. His company, Blue Origin, will go head-to-head with Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic in seeking to take adventuresome tourists to the precipice of orbit before returning to Earth.
InternetNews October 27, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Silicon Valley Goes Into Orbit Got a few extra million just burning a hole in your pocket? A number of Silicon Valley pioneers are spending their spare change for a ticket into space.
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 David Schneider	Virgin Galactic Space Planes Should Launch This Year $200,000 buys you a seat and the end result should be something science-fiction writers have long dreamed of: regularly scheduled passenger flights into space.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2010 Tim Beyers	This Rule Breaker Is Otherworldly Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is one of five companies that will share $50 million in stimulus funds designed to create commercial space vehicles that NASA will use to ferry astronauts to and from low-Earth orbit.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 James Oberg	Private Spaceflight: Up, Up, and Away This year, commercial spaceflight will really take off
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InternetNews October 13, 2005 Jim Wagner	Discount Space Flights up For Grabs An e-commerce site dedicated to finding online savings is giving would-be astronauts a break on upcoming commercial space flights.
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	Dream Job Alert! NASA Puts Out Call For New Astronauts NASA today put out a call for new astronauts, including those who might support a future manned mission to Mars.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Tim Beyers	Blue Origin Lifts Off Bezos' prototype spacecraft nicknamed Goddard climbed to 285 feet before descending back to Earth. That's an important step forward on a long path toward the heavens. History teaches that billion-dollar innovations are created slowly.
IEEE Spectrum May 2011 James Oberg	The Scientist as Space Tourist Private rockets like SpaceShipTwo will offer space-based science on the cheap.
Popular Mechanics March 2007 David Noland	Moon Man: Buzz Aldrin's Advice on NASA's Orion Mission Buzz Aldrin offers his thoughts on the next mission to the moon.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 Tim Beyers	Virgin Takes Two Billionaire Sir Richard Branson sets his sights on the stars as work begins on SpaceShipTwo.
Popular Mechanics May 19, 2009 Lindsey Pinkerton	Further Reading: Apollo 11 in Books for Adults and Children Thirty-two options to satisfy your mind and imagination's space lust.
BusinessWeek December 29, 2010 Brad Stone	Will Richard Branson's Virgin America Fly? The fun carrier has shown promise, despite byzantine regulations, powerful rivals, and airlines' tendency to hemorrhage money during recessions and spikes in fuel prices. But Virgin is at a turning point, and its future is far from certain.
InsideFlyer January 2010	60 Seconds with Alan Lias, Head of Loyalty & Business Development, Virgin Atlantic Airways Virgin Atlantic is making a strong effort to reach customers in front of a computer.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Will Virgin Save You Money? Virgin America, the newest part of the British Virgin Group, started flying yesterday, offering discounted promotional fares to raise business. For existing carriers, this is bad news. For transcontinental passengers, it could be good.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2004 Seth Jayson	SpaceDev Burns Rubber This is hardly a risk-free investment, but if you're the kind of person who wants to have a share of Harley-Davidson or Disney because you're a fan, here's your chance to own a bit of the next space race.
Entrepreneur November 2008 Mike Werling	Branson: A Man of Many Milestones Richard Branson isn't defined by business or personal success. His life is a combination of both.
BusinessWeek April 23, 2007 Ronald Grover	The Battle Of Britain For Richard Branson and James Murdoch, it's a war of attrition in telly programming.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Murphy & Das	Remembering Sputnik 50 Years Later Three veterans of the early days of spaceflight reflect on the impact a tiny satellite had on the course of history.
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider	New Law Would Benefit SpaceX, Virgin Galactic A new law expected to pass presidential approval this week would give the private spaceflight sector exemption from a wide range of government oversight.
Wired December 2004 James Cameron	The Next Giant Leap Buzz Aldrin talks about his walk on the moon and the next step in manned space exploration.
Popular Mechanics September 4, 2007 Jill Tarter	Where Will the Next 50 Years in Space Take Us? Expert Opinions Leading thinkers from Buzz Aldrin (a robot fan) to Arthur C. Clarke (he wants a sub-orbital joyride) share their thoughts on where space will take us in the half-century ahead.
Wired December 2004	After the X Prize Manned space travel's best hope is the private sector, not NASA. In the open market, entrepreneurs and space hobbyists will do in a decade what NASA couldn't do in 46 years: provide safe, reliable trips to the heavens for the cost of a Caribbean cruise.
Fast Company Nikita Richardson	Jeff Bezos's Rocket Company Just Came A Step Closer To Carrying Humans To Space Between Boeing, Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, Xcor, and Blue Origin, the private space race is fully underway.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Saswato R. Das	Remembering Sputnik: Sir Arthur C. Clarke Although he is more revered for his role as an author, Clarke has well deserved the title of futurist for his groundbreaking thinking on space exploration. Here's an interview.
InsideFlyer November 2009	Virgin Atlantic Fall Promotion Virgin Atlantic Flying Club members residing in the U.S. can earn an American Express-branded reward card on qualifying flights to London from any Virgin Atlantic gateway city in the U.S.
Popular Mechanics March 26, 2008 Matt Sullivan	California Startup XCOR Joins Space Tourism Race (With Video) Rocket engine manufacturer XCOR Aerospace offered a first look at its Lynx spacecraft, a uniquely designed two-seat plane that will be able to make several trips to space per day.
Popular Mechanics February 2, 2010 Tom Jones	Launching NASA on a Path to Nowhere: Analysis The president released his FY 2011 budget Monday, and his policy for NASA's human spaceflight program sets the nation on a course to second-class status in space.
Fast Company October 2004 Alan Deutschman	The Gonzo Way of Branding Billionaire Richard Branson has thrived by breaking the rules. Now he's tackling his greatest challenge, setting his sights on the United States and a new airline. He's testing himself and the limits of the Virgin brand.
Popular Mechanics January 23, 2008 Matt Sullivan	Virgin Galactic and Burt Rutan Unveil SpaceShipTwo: First Look Burt Rutan's commercial spacecraft is 60 percent complete and test flights could occur this year.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Rich Smith	Bang, Zoom, to the Moon! Space Adventures announced that it will partner with Russia's federal space agency to send two lucky (and wealthy) individuals on a two-week voyage to the stars and back. This is how hot new markets are born.
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Fast Company September 2006 Alan Deutschman	The Enlightenment of Richard Branson In a world where companies routinely bedevil customers, the Virgin chief is an angel, because he truly puts customers first.
PC Magazine November 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley	The Outer Limits No, that's not an airport. It's an artist's depiction of a spaceport currently under construction in Singapore.