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Saeed
08-20-2005, 03:38 AM
Space.com reports that the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has approved collaboration of technical details between Scaled Composites of Mojave, California and Virgin Galactic of the United Kingdom to build passenger-carrying suborbital spaceliners. The next suborbital ship will be a nine person vessel." From the article: "Details about the new company were unveiled at the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) AirVenture air show held July 25-31 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Spaceship Company will build a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft. Scaled Composites is to be under contract for research and development testing, as well as certification of a 9-person SpaceShipTwo (SS2) design, and a White Knight Two (WK2) mothership to be called Eve.

Links:
Scaled Composites (http://www.scaled.com/)

Virgin Galactic (http://www.virgingalactic.com/en/)

Link to full Space.com article (http://www.space.com/news/050815_virgingalactic_itar.html)
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I wonder if my yellow golf shirt looks fattening in space.

Maybe some camoflage shorts, possibly to mix it up even Hawaiian cool and ultra bright mix of colors shorts.

Packing yet?
Phy
08-20-2005, 02:26 PM
Ohhhhhhhh you mean spaaaaaace is where you were planning on running off? :hug:. I'll come too :shy: . I shall definately bring my bright orange top :shy:

Btw this brings real meaning to that old song from Pakeezah, "...chalo dildar chalo, chand ke paar chalo..." :D. So yes, hum hain taiyaar chalo :shy:
Phy
08-20-2005, 02:29 PM
Hmmm I just thought of something lol :D. Chalo dildar chalo, chand ke paar chalo? Since Afghans were the first to discover America, using a parallel mentality, I guess in a sense we can say that Indians were the first to conceive the notion of humans travelling to space for leisurely purposes! :o . YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS :D

K I'm done flooding your thread now. I shall take my leave :hug: :shy:
Saeed
08-28-2005, 01:47 AM
Originally posted by Phy
Hmmm I just thought of something lol :D. Chalo dildar chalo, chand ke paar chalo? Since Afghans were the first to discover America, using a parallel mentality, I guess in a sense we can say that Indians were the first to conceive the notion of humans travelling to space for leisurely purposes! :o . YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS :D

K I'm done flooding your thread now. I shall take my leave :hug: :shy:
jigberish ma'am?
Phy
09-04-2005, 06:22 AM
^^^You insolent child be thankful that you have at least one person on the face of this Earth who puts up with you and your lollygagging :dry:





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