[ExI] Spaceship Two

[Mr Jones]

2011/5/6 John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com>

> Virgin Galactic moves forward...
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> http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/05/04/6584950-spaceshiptwo-unfurls-its-feathers
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> John  : )
>


FTA:

> The company, backed by British billionaire Richard Branson, has also
> partnered<http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/16/5665933-virgin-galactic-confirms-its-going-orbital> with
> Sierra Nevada Corp. on the development of another space plane capable of
> orbital flight, known as the Dream Chaser<http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/02/05/5995694-nasa-funds-dream-chaser-commercial-manned-spacecraft>
> . Aviation Week & Space Technology is reporting<http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news/asd/2011/05/02/02.xml&headline=Sierra%20Nevada%20Details%20Drop%20Plan%20For%20Dream%20Chaser> that
> Sierra Nevada is planning to conduct Dream Chaser drop tests next year,
> using WhiteKnightTwo. That means the next few years could see a whole lotta
> dropping going on in the skies over Mojave.


...And Branson has his hands in it all.  Clearly someone has their eye on
bigger things.  Anyone on the list ever speak with him?  Is he
a trans-humanist?  Signed up for cryo?  A quick google search shows that
he's got a company that does 'cord blood banking', he's clearly
not afraid of being on the leading edge.  Someone should talk to him.
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