06.05.2011                      02.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 17 des Omer

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Israelis signing up for Virgin’s commercial spaceflights

The Israeli branch of Branson’s Virgin Galactic, Galactic Dreamline, has already sold an undisclosed number of $200,000 tickets to Israelis.

The heat insulation problem that led to the deaths of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon and six colleagues from NASA in the Columbia space shuttle in 2003 has been “solved” by a newly designed tail, making the first commercial sub-orbital space flight – scheduled in 18 months – much safer.
The Israeli branch of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, Galactic Dreamline, has already sold an undisclosed number of $200,000 tickets to Israelis. Worldwide, 425 have already been sold….