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Sir Richard Branson has made Brawn GP an offer to become principal sponsor, but finds himself in a battle for branding following the team's remarkable success this season.

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Barrichello to go to space with Virgin Galactic
The Virgin logos on the Brawn GP BGP 001 cars have been replaced this weekend with Virgin Galactic logos, Sir Richard Branson's space tourism venture. Having already signed up some 300 passengers, Rubens Barrichello has paid his $200,000 (£136,000/150,000) and, once the VMS and VSS (Virgin MotherShip and Virgin SpaceShip) become operational, will officially become an astronaut.

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If you're looking to take a trip into space, now you can. Naples-based Betty Maclean Travel Agency is booking travellers on the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipOne.

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New Mexico's Spaceport America has won its launch site license from the Federal Aviation Administration, state officials reported Monday.

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It's not science fiction to think that tourists with enough cash to boldly blast into orbit could soon be launched from the runway of RAF Lossiemouth.
But if Virgin Galactic was to create a new space port here, following on from its initial site in New Mexico, the launch craft would need one important addition . . . de-icing equipment.
Setting up mission control in Lossiemouth would bring massive opportunities for the town and for Moray, said Will Whitehorn, president of the Virgin space arm.

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RAF Lossiemouth may be used for space tourists
Virgin Galatic president Will Whithorn has claimed that wealthy space tourists could be blasting off from an RAF air base in the north-east within five years.

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Four Kiwi astronauts-in-training, who will go where fewer than 500 people have gone before, are putting New Zealand on the galactic map.
Jackie Maw, Mark Rocket, Makouri Scott and Ron Stroeven, have bought their $US200,000 ($NZ313,074) tickets to be some of the pioneer passengers on the first commercial flights into space the product of Sir Richard Branson's space holiday business Virgin Galactic.

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Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn will be discussing the positive impact of space travel on Scotland and the benefits it will bring to the tourism sector at this year's Edinburgh Hospitality Industry Trust (HIT) lunch.
The 12th annual HIT Edinburgh lunch will raise funds to provide bursaries and scholarships for students in the hospitality industry across Scotland.

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An unidentified man from Perths southern suburbs has forked out $240,000 to be the second West Australian to buy a ticket on one of the worlds first commercial space flights.
The mysterious 60-year-old has delayed his retirement to pay for the Virgin Galactic experience, according to Virgin Galactics only WA agent Philip Smethurst.

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Saudis first in line for space tourism
Saudis are lining up in droves for a ticket to outerspace, topping the list of passengers who have booked a ticket on board the first commercial spaceship.

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If a US$260,000 ($329,992) flight into space busts your budget then maybe the US$23,000 sub-orbital space flight training is more up your alley.
Open to the public for the first time, the simulation has been designed to mimic an intergalactic experience. But the ride comes at a cost.
Virgin is planning on putting together half-day (about US$2030), full-day (about US$3390) and two-day (about US$5645) packages for space junkies.

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