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To Boldly Go Where No (Private) Man Has Gone Before
Posted September 29, 2004 – 11:51 am by Yakov Shafranovich in Politics, TechnologyThe AP is reporting that Space Ship One, a first private space vehicle has sucessfully made its first launch attempt for the $10 million Ansari X Prize. And Virgin Atlantic has opened up a new subsidiary to commercialize the Space Ship One technology which they just licensed - Virgin Galatic. Of course this would not be complete without the mention of an old plan by Hilton Hotels to build a hotel in space. If the transportation issue can be taken care off by Virgin Galactic, Hilton might be able to pull it off 
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He won!
By aishel on Oct 4, 2004