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Boeing Demands Virgin Galactic Destroy All Data From Its Failed Space Tourism Venture
There’s new drama in the space industry. Boeing filed a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic, accusing it of retaining trade secrets that the two companies had exchanged while working to develop a new mothership, which never came to fruition. On Friday, Boeing asked a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, to issue a court order blocking Virgin…
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Space Ride Will Cost You $625,000
If you have a love for outer space and $US450,000 (around $625,000) burning a hole in your pocket, then boy do we have the opportunity for you! Virgin Galactic is now selling tickets for space trips to the public, according to CNN.
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In Big Middle Finger to Bezos, Richard Branson Set to Become the First Billionaire in Space
Virgin Galactic founder and billionaire Richard Branson announced Thursday he will travel beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in a test flight set for July 11. If the launch goes according to plan, he’ll be the first billionaire in space, setting the record just nine days ahead of the first planned spaceflight of another obscenely rich astronaut…