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Daily Tech: The Virgin Galactic White Knight 2 Is Unveiled

GeekSugar — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:01 -0700

The White Knight 2 mothership spaceship, which will shuttle SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space, was unveiled in the Mojave desert this past weekend. It is the world's largest all carbon composite aircraft. - CrunchGear
Sony's new FW-Series laptops are now available for preorder. - The Gadget Blog
Steve Jobs has finally addressed his health with a reporter, stating that he was sick during his keynote speech at WWDC 2008, but that his cancer has not returned. - MacRumors
If you like Pandora and you have an iPhone, you'll be happy to know that the Pandora app just received an upgrade, so you can now get streamed music to your earbuds over WiFi. - Gizmodo
Can you believe it? Google has already reached a trillion unique URLs on the Web. Now that's impressive! - Valleywag
Last day! Be sure to log in for your chance to win a new iPhone 3G by Apple! - geeksugar

Branson to Marry Couple High in the Sky

GeekSugar — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:50:02 -0700

Starting this Summer, customers will finally be able to go the distance (literally) and hop on board the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo for its very first test flights. "Customers will have a two-hour flight, go up to 70 miles above the Earth and experience amazing views of the planet, G forces, and weightlessness after a three-day training program," said a spokesperson from Virgin Galactic.

And not only that, but Sir Richard Branson will officiate a wedding ceremony 70 miles above the Earth on SpaceShipTwo. As adventurous and daring it may be to exchange nuptials in midair, a ticket for this flight is said to cost around $200,000 . . . hmm, new house or zero-gravity wedding? Tough call!

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Angelina and Brad Set To Ride Virgin Galactic Spaceship

GeekSugar — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:00:54 -0800

The Science Museum in London has opened its doors to tourists who want to explore the prototype cabin of the Virgin Galactic spaceship. Virgin Galactic is hoping to make space travel a possibility for all human kind with this luxury spacecraft which carries six passengers and two pilots. In a few months space travel as tourism will become a reality for those who can afford the $200,000 price tag for a week of flight training and a two hour trip. Celebs like Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and Robbie Williams have apparently booked their seats on this new age spaceship in advance.

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