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Rumor Says Google in Talks to Invest Millions in Virgin Galactic

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A story in Sky News claims that Google is in talks with Virgin Galactic to invest millions of dollars in the venture. Virgin Galactic is the project that aims to eventually take private passengers on a trip into space where they will get to experience weightlessness. According to the rumor, Google is eyeing the purchase of part of Virgin Galactic to get access to satellite-launching tech.

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According to the report, Google will invest in two parts. The first investment is a $30 million stake in the Virgin Galactic holding company. In the second phase, Google will invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” according to the sources in a new joint venture.

That new joint venture will help Google with expertise for its own projects. The presumption here is that Google is looking for a way to get satellites that it gained with the purchase of Skybox Imaging into orbit.

[via Gizmodo]

Waypoint 2 Space Provide Passenger Training for Commercial Launches

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Slowly but surely, the day is approaching when you’ll be able to buy a ticket to travel into space. Several companies, ranging from Virgin Galactic to SpaceX, are hoping to provide that opportunity...

Virgin Galactic SpaceShip Two Tests Thrusters and New Protective Coating

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Virgin Galactic is getting ready to have its first commercial flight later this year. As it ramps up for that flight, the company is conducting test flights to be sure everything about the spacecraft...
    






Virgin Galactic accepts Bitcoin Payment

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Bitcoin is this weird virtual currency that came out of nowhere. It's value is going up and down like a roller coaster. I imagine that we will have a universal virtual currency at some point in the...

Virgin Galactic now accepting Bitcoin for future flights into space

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As the value and credibility of Bitcoin continues to skyrocket, Virgin founder Richard Branson now wants to let people use the digital currency to finance a flight into space. Ahead of its first trips next year, Virgin Galactic has already had one "future astronaut" from Hawaii book a Bitcoin-funded ticket and hopes that its affluent clientele will follow suit. An investor himself, Branson has been pushing for governments to regulate the peer-to-peer payment system and believes that today's announcement will give it more credibility. Neither Virgin Galactic nor Branson has indicated just how many Bitcoins you'll need before you get a return ticket to the heavens, but we suspect this isn't the future that Gene Roddenberry was planning.

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NBC will Televise World’s First Commercial Spaceline

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NBC will be the first television channel that will televise its private space flight. NBC has signed a deal with Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic to send a flight in space. NBC will televise this...

Lady Gaga is set for Space Performance at Zero G Colony 2015

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Us Weekly reports exclusively that Lady Gaga is going to sing in space on a Virgin Galactic Space flight. The event is planned for the Zero G Colony festival in 2015 in New Mexico. The 3-day event is...

Virgin Galactic Teams up with Zero Gravity Corporation for Special Zero G Plane Ride

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Virgin Galactic has teamed up with a company called ZERO-G to allow people who purchased seats on Virgin Galactic flights to get an early taste what weightlessness feels like. The participants...