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Branson Rolls Out Space Plane

Craft could make first commercial flight—at $200K per ticket—by decade's end

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – At a remote airfield in the Mojave Desert today, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson unveiled the flagship of his new venture, an aircraft that will carry the first passenger space rocket to its launch height of 48,000 feet, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tickets...   Read full story »

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