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Dubai conference seeks investors in space tourism

World Space Risk Forum

Dubai conference seeks investors in space tourism

By LARA SETRAKIAN

Space travel could get a boost from a meeting of the minds and wallets in Dubai this week when the World Space Risk Forum brings together companies, insurance firms, and financiers interested in under

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Space tourists may be launched from Sweden

Spaceport Kiruna

Space tourists may be launched from Sweden

By David Jonasson

Earlier this week it became known that billionaire Richard Branson´s space shuttle ‘SpaceShipTwo’ will take tourists into space.

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Space tourism - too rich for Queen

Space Tourism

Space tourism - too rich for Queen

Space tourism is apparently too rich for royal blood.

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Space tourism has yet to take off

Space Tourism

Space tourism has yet to take off

LOS ANGELES -- When a private spaceship soared over California to claim a $10-million prize, daredevil venture capitalist Alan Walton was 68 and thought he'd be on a rocket ride of his own soon.

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Space tourists will travel on a "radical" jet

Virgin Galactic

Space tourists will travel on a "radical" jet

Oshkosh, WI - Space tourism firm Virgin Galactic has unveiled a radically configured jet that will launch a spacecraft carrying tourists into Earth's orbit.

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Sheikh Mansour adds space tourism venture to his portfolio

Space Tourism Investment

Sheikh Mansour adds space tourism venture to his portfolio

Manchester City football clubowner Sheikh Mansour has added space travel to his diverse portfolio of businesses by buying 32 per cent of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.

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Hawaii viewed as potential new frontier for space tourism

Hawaii

Hawaii viewed as potential new frontier for space tourism

HONOLULU — Tourists coming to Hawaii for high-end getaways could someday be launched from the sand to the stars, taking island-hopping to new heights.

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Space tourism "yet to be embraced" in UK

UK

Space tourism "yet to be embraced" in UK

The UK is ill-prepared to exploit the emerging commercial spaceflight sector, says the president of Virgin Galactic.

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Guy Laliberte begins training in Russia

Space Tourism

Guy Laliberte begins training in Russia

MOSCOW - Founder of the famed Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberte, has started his training in Russia for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS).

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For space tourism sky is the limit

Space Tourism

For space tourism sky is the limit

The future of the space tourism industry could lie in places like Titusville, where an imaginative project will never launch a rocket.

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Russia and Space Adventures looking for new space tourist

Space Tourism

Russia and Space Adventures looking for new space tourist

By mosnews.com

A vacated space aboard the Soyuz space capsule may allow another space tourist to travel to the International Space Station in September, the Russian Federal Space Agency says.

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Space tourists: Wait for next seat could be long

Space Touristm

Space tourists: Wait for next seat could be long

By csmonitor.com

Almaty, Kazakhstan - American billionaire Charles Simonyi may be the last tourist to ride a Soyuz rocket into space for the next few years.

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Space tourism to take flight in 2012

Space Tourism

Space tourism to take flight in 2012

By AFP

STOCKHOLM — Short tourist flights into space are expected to begin launching from northern Sweden in 2012, one of the companies involved in the project said Wednesday.

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Judge: $21M space tourist lawsuit can proceed

Space Tourism Lawsuit

Judge: $21M space tourist lawsuit can proceed

By AP

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge is allowing a Japanese millionaire to go ahead with his lawsuit against a Virginia company that he says unfairly denied him a ride into outer space.

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US space tourist unfazed by satellite smashup

Space Tourism

US space tourist unfazed by satellite smashup

By AP

STAR CITY, Russia — A U.S.

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Russia: No more space tourists after 2009

Russia

Russia: No more space tourists after 2009

By AP

MOSCOW — Russia won't be sending tourists to the international space station after this year because of plans to double the size of the station's crew, the chief of Russia's space agency said in an

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California rocket firm has its first space tourist

Space Tourism

California rocket firm has its first space tourist

By AP

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth.

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Space tourists to get limited protection

Space Tourism

Space tourists to get limited protection

By space.newscientist.com

The European Aviation Safety Agency is developing safety rules for civilian space flight - but they will only apply while craft are in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Scots countdown to space tourism

Tapping Into Space Tourism

Scots countdown to space tourism

By bbc.co.uk

The night sky above Scotland could become as important to tourism as its landscape by day, according to experts on space and tourism.

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