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Pure Galactic Races Towards The Final Frontier |
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Written by Pure Galactic
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Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
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Pure Galactic Races Towards The Final Frontier Pure
Galactic will provide adventurous travellers with the world's first
commercial space flights within the next two years. Passengers will
travel 100km above the Earth to experience the sensation of
weightlessness for up to four minutes and enjoy the most spectacular
views of their home planet.
"This is no longer a dream," said Wesley Baker, CEO of Pure Galactic
"Suborbital space tourism is the next step for our company, and this
new partnership with Rocketplane is just the start of our space tourism
program".
Rocketplane has spent more than five years developing a Lear 25-series
business jet into what will become quite literally a rocket plane. A
range of high-tech modifications, such as a deltoid wing and the
installation of a rocket engine, life support system and reaction
control system will allow the craft to soar into space. This unique
approach has seen the company forge ahead of competitors in the race to
offer the first commercial space flights.
The company plans to have the first plane ready for test flights from
the Oklahoma Spaceport by the end of this year, with Pure Galactic
offering Rocketplane XP commercial flights in 2007/08. Pure Galactic
plans on eventually acquiring their own spacecraft for operation from a
spaceport site to be determined in the United Kingdom.
Pure Galactic's range of space charter flights will also feature zero
gravity parabolic flights and ultimately orbital Earth flights.
More Info: http://www.puregalactic.com/
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 January 2006 )
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