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                    [ArticleID] => 758260
                    [Title] => New giant plane to launch people, cargo into orbit
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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan are building the world's biggest plane to help launch cargo and astronauts into space, in the latest of several ventures fueled by technology tycoons clamoring to write America's next chapter in spaceflight.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-14 22:30:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 530217 [Title] => Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship [Summary] =>

The sleek, bullet-shaped spacecraft is about the size of a large business jet — with wide windows and seats for six well-heeled passengers to take a ride into space.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-08 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366993 [Title] => An odyssey in space [Summary] => Spaceport Singapore to rise soon." I was dumbfounded as I read that Space Adventures, Ltd., together with a Singapore-based consortium, announced that it plans to develop an integrated spaceport in Singapore. The facility will offer suborbital spaceflights, as well as run training facilities for future astronauts along with facilities for public education and an interactive high-tech visitor center!
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133893 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236491 [AuthorName] => CITY SENSE By Paulo Alcazaren [SectionName] => Modern Living [SectionUrl] => modern-living [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 284178 [Title] => Larry and Galileo [Summary] => This is not one of those urban legends. I checked and this, indeed, happened in 1982 and a friend of mine even heard it himself on the news when he was doing graduate school in New York. It is about Larry, a man who wanted to realize his ultimate dream of flight: launch into and float in airspace relaxing on his armchair while drinking beer. Larry, apparently frustrated that he would not qualify for military service for some physical reasons, decided to prove to everyone that the US military was, indeed, foregoing a real catch of a genius of flight. [DatePublished] => 2005-06-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249681 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) ) )
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