2007: A Space Oddity
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday September 28, 2004 @12:15AM
from the Virgin-Satire dept.
Matthew writes: Richard Branson, Britain’s richest crazy person and founder of Virgin Everything, has joined forces with Paul Allen, America’s richest crazy person and co-founder of Microsoft, in a bid to begin commercial flights to outer space by building spacecraft based on the design of SpaceShipOne by Burt Rutan, the Mojave desert’s richest crazy person and founder of Scaled Composites.
The new company “Virgin Galactic” will complete its first ship, the VSS Enterprise, by 2007 and begin offering tourist flights. Richard will be on the initial flight, which will hopefully go better than the numerous failed attempts he’s made at piloting a balloon around the world (which, one would think, would be much easier).
Subject:God, I wish it were true!
Sign me up! I'd use Virgin Galactic! Where are my flying cars and trips to Las Venus?!
Comment by Laura Moncur — September 28, 2004 @ 12:04 pm
Subject:Re: God, I wish it were true!
It is true.
Comment by Anonymous Poster — September 28, 2004 @ 12:35 pm
Subject:Gratuitous HHGTG Reference
Can I get a Virgin-Galactic-Gargle-Blaster for an in-flight refreshment?
Comment by Charles Perkins — September 28, 2004 @ 4:32 pm
Subject:Re: Gratuitous HHGTG Reference
Only if you're willing to listen to the poetry…
Comment by Laura Moncur — September 29, 2004 @ 10:31 am