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Spaceport Sweden to provide Commercial Space Flights

December 28, 2012

Spaceport Sweden to provide Commercial Space Flights

Spaceport Sweden Located in Kiruna, Swedish Lapland, Europe’s premier space city since 1957, is a pioneering initiative to set up space tourism and hub for commercial human spaceflights.

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We could build a real Starship Enterprise in 20 years

May 15, 2012

Size comparisons of buildings to the proposed USS Enterprise

An engineer has proposed to build a full-sized, ion-powered version of the Enterprise complete in foul details, with 1G of gravity on board, and says it could be done with current technology, within 20 years.

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Space Elevator made in Japan by 2050

February 25, 2012

Space Elevator made in Japan by 2050

Obayashi Corp. based in Tokyo, unveiled a project to build a gigantic elevator to travel to space as early as 2050. The elevator will transport passengers to a station 36,000 kilometers above the Earth.

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Spaceport for future Galactic Travels by ONL Studio

November 28, 2011

Spaceport for future Galactic Travels

Designed by Rotterdam-based ONL Studio the Spaceport for future Galactic Travels, it is supposed to host the future operator for space travels and offer a venue for international scientific space ressearch. The landmark building will be built as a spaceship, applying maritime and aviation techniques on the building body.

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World’s first Commercial Spaceport is almost completed

September 7, 2011

Commercial Spaceport

Phase one of the world’s first commercial spaceport, which will be the hub for Virgin’s consumer spaceflights, is now 90 per cent complete.

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First commercial spaceport in New Mexico desert (video)

October 25, 2010

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo won’t have to taxi down public runways for much longer.
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