Virgin Galactic

...Braun, Kitinger, space has always been in the mainstream of what New Mexico is all about. And this is just one more step. TUCKER: Virgin Galactic will use Spaceport America to launch its space tourism business, offering wealthy clients rides...

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...Innovation and Frustration As innovation revives, companies struggle to make it boost profitable growth. GE, Tata Motors, Marvel, and Virgin Galactic offer diverse models While they continue to slog through the longest economic...

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...private equity and venture capital specialist. It has also bought stakes in Tesla (a California-based electronic car manufacturer), Virgin Galactic (the commercial space venture of entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson), and most recently...

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...approach to peak-oil risk evident in the Wicks Review," said the task force chairman, Will Whitehorn who is also president of Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson's space travel business. Jeremy Leggett, the founder of renewable firm,...

In this article: Department of Energy, Uppsala University, Stagecoach, Hess Corporation, Yahoo, Gordon Brown, Climate change, The Guardian, and Will Whitehorn

Virgin Galactic boss says law will have to be changed for air base to be used Moray MP Angus Robertson last night said he was "mystified" by Virgin Galactic's claims that British laws must be changed before Moray can be considered as Europe's...

In this article: Britain, Will Whitehorn, Virgin, Civil Aviation Authority, and House of Commons

...be blasted into space in a venture which could ultimately help to secure the planet's energy needs. Will Whitehorn, the president of Virgin Galactic, doesn't quite put it like this but, give or take some complicated physics, this is what it...

In this article: Will Whitehorn, Virgin, Burt Rutan, Richard Branson, X Prize, Chris Gorman, UK, Victoria Principal, and Physics

...last week. More than 300 GlobalScots came together to discuss how to give Scottish business a leg-up. Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic (it doesn't get much more ambitious than space travel, does it?), summed it up when he said...

In this article: Alan Sugar, Scotland, Recession, Will Whitehorn, and Cash flow

Virgin Galactic expects to start taking passengers in the next few years A change in the law is needed before Scotland can be considered as a launch site for commercial space flights, the head of Virgin Galactic has said. The firm's...

In this article: Will Whitehorn, Britain, Virgin, BBC Radio Scotland, Civil Aviation Authority, and Scotland

...specifically for space-bound commercial customers and fee-paying passengers. British tycoon Richard Branson's space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to propel tourists into suborbital space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.

In this article: Richard Branson, Barcelona, Caribbean, New Mexico, and Reuters Television

...globe and promote our country as a great place to do business." A keynote speech will be delivered by Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic. A panel session involving Sir Tom Hunter, chairman of West Coast Capital, Peter Robertson,...

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