EDITORIAL FAILURE TO LAUNCH.NO disrespect to the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley or future space travelers, but California has more pressing needs than building a space tourism complex at Mojave Airport. Legislators are wise to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye how they might help the region profit from future space travel. After Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne won the X Prize in October 2004, and he joined forces with Virgin Atlantic tycoon Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950 in Shamley Green, Surrey, England), is a British entrepreneur, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 to form a space tourism company, it's only a matter of time before people routinely lift off into the heavens. And they will probably do it from the High Desert. But politicians are jumping the gun by seeking an $11 million state loan to build a hangar complex and terminal in Mojave to serve Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic is a company within Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, which plans to offer sub-orbital spaceflights and later orbital spaceflights to the paying public. Mission and its profit-making business. Let's make it more convenient to travel on the 405 Freeway before we consider investing money in a business that's still on the drawing board. |
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