http://blogs.reuters.com/globalinvesting/2008/09/25/the-final-frontier-market/ Insights behind the investment headlines Thu, 23 May 2013 11:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/globalinvesting/2008/09/25/the-final-frontier-market/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Mark Rocket Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:43:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/globalinvesting/2008/09/25/the-final-frontier-market/#comment-519 Virgin Galactic are showing great vision, some people dismiss suborbital flights as trivial but they are a crucial step in the commercialization of space. They will contribute to establishing a new private space industry and lay the platform for orbital activity. Let's face it, not much has happened in manned spaceflight exploration since Captain Eugene Cernan stepped off the moon in 1972, so we need these fresh approaches to reinvigorate space research. Virgin Galactic are showing great vision, some people dismiss suborbital flights as trivial but they are a crucial step in the commercialization of space. They will contribute to establishing a new private space industry and lay the platform for orbital activity. Let’s face it, not much has happened in manned spaceflight exploration since Captain Eugene Cernan stepped off the moon in 1972, so we need these fresh approaches to reinvigorate space research.

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/globalinvesting/2008/09/25/the-final-frontier-market/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Simon Drake Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:38:42 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/globalinvesting/2008/09/25/the-final-frontier-market/#comment-516 So many people will ride into space if they can - count me in! So many people will ride into space if they can – count me in!

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