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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.   |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2004
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Virgin Takes Two Billionaire Sir Richard Branson sets his sights on the stars as work begins on SpaceShipTwo. |
Adventure
November 2005
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Adventure Travel 2006: The Best Trips: Space Space Adventures and Virgin Galactic are two companies likely to be selling rides into space by 2008. |
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. |
InternetNews
October 27, 2006
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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. |
Popular Mechanics
July 29, 2008
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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? |
InsideFlyer
April 2008 |
60 Seconds with World's First Space Tourist Redeeming mileage for space travel. |
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. |
AskMen.com
May 29, 2008
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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. |
Wired
January 2005
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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. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2012
James Oberg |
Private Spaceflight: Up, Up, and Away This year, commercial spaceflight will really take off |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2013
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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. |
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
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Space Adventures Ready for Blast-Off The privately held space tourism outfit buys its own rocketry technology. Are we witnessing the birth of the first space lines? |
InsideFlyer
April 2012 |
High Flyer or Big Spender We look at the differences between FFPs that reward flyers for the miles they fly or the amount they spend. |
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. |
InsideFlyer
August 2012 |
Airline Security Fees Currently, the security fee on a one-way, nonstop ticket is $2.50 but the Senate recently approved an increase to $5 for one-way nonstop flights and $10 for roundtrip flights. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2005
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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. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Fly the Friendly... Casino Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson promises to turn the new Airbus A380 into an airborne gaming hall. If global airlines follow suit, gaming technology stocks could offer huge jackpots for investors. |
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. |
DailyCandy
July 9, 2005 |
Travel: Making the Upgrade Here are a few tricks of the trade for upgrading your airline ticket. |
InsideFlyer
October 2008 |
Blurring the Lines of Loyalty Starwood Preferred Guest is blurring the lines between hotel and airline loyalty programs. Hotel points? Award flights? |
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. |
Fast Company
November 2010
Suzy Evans |
The Progression of Air Travel Highlights from the history of air travel. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2011
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The Scientist as Space Tourist Private rockets like SpaceShipTwo will offer space-based science on the cheap. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Dayana Yochim |
How to Save $240 on Vacation Airfare Get to your summer getaway for less with these tips. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
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The 'New Space' Race: Handicapping the Billionaire Rocketeers Fueled by interest in space tourism, as well as NASA contracts to replace the shuttle in 2010, the private "New Space" industry is finally looking like the real thing. |
InsideFlyer
September 2009 |
Cover Story A conversation with five industry insiders and one blogger who keeps a close watch on the airline industry. |
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
March 2011 |
Virgin Alliance News reports say that Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways has said that the airline plans to join a global alliance within a year. |
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. |
Outside
December 2007 |
Richard Branson A conversation with Richard Branson, sportsman, swashbuckler, aviation folk hero, all-around bon vivant, and most recently, global do-gooder. |
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Mark Henricks |
Space Cowboys High-profile entrepreneurs pursue the final frontier. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 8, 2004
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Richard Branson's Next Big Adventure He has no qualms about jumping into the tough airline market in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
Tim Beyers |
My Six-Year Plan Who will pay for your next vacation? Vacations are no different than any other big purchase; poor planning can cost thousands. |
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. |
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January 2014 |
Ultimate Guide to Chase Ultimate Rewards We explore in detail the four-year-old Ultimate Rewards program. |
BusinessWeek
August 14, 2006
Kerry Capell |
Green is Virgin Territory Sir Richard Branson is a billionaire with a conscience, and he's turning his Virgin Group into a green empire while talking up conservation |
The Motley Fool
January 2, 2011
Sanskrity Sinha |
American Airlines Removed From Expedia The travel site makes the next move in the dispute between the companies. |
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. |
InsideFlyer
September 2012 |
Virgin America Elevate Launches Elite Virgin America Elevate has launched elite status benefits and the top 1-2 percent of members are being welcomed with either Elevate Silver or Elevate Gold memberships. |
InsideFlyer
July 2009 |
Cathay Asia Miles Discount Asia Miles members can redeem 20 percent fewer miles for one-way and roundtrip upgrades or roundtrip companion awards on all eligible Cathay Pacific and Dragonair flights. |
Popular Mechanics
February 26, 2010
Rand Simberg |
Suborbital Safety: Will Commercial Spaceflight Ramp Up the Risk? Ever since the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, almost a quarter of a century ago, the watchword above all others at NASA has been "safety." Unfortunately, watchwords don't necessarily create actual safety, as we learned a little over seven years ago, with the loss of her sister ship Columbia. |
Fast Company
February 2011
Luke O'Brien |
Travel Search Gets Convenient With Hipmunk On the cusp of Kayak's IPO, Hipmunk, the next to disrupt the domestic travel market, is taxiing and poised for flight. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2000
Katharine Mieszkowski & Kaitlin Quistgaard |
Cell hell What is Virgin Atlantic thinking, inviting cellphones to invade the last vestige of chatter-free space? |
