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Citizens Book Tickets to Moon

Would-be astronauts fund growth industry

Posted Jul 26, 2007 3:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – A citizen spaceflight company has two passengers willing to pay $100 million each for a flight around the moon. Tickets aboard Virgin’s future suborbital flights are flying out the door. The civilian aeronautics industry finds itself better funded every day, as would-be astronauts and ... Read full story »

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