Word: suborbital
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...V.S.S. Enterprise (yes, that's right), expects to boldly launch its first passengers into suborbit in 2007 - at around $190,000 each. Virgin will pay up to $21.5 million to license the U.S. technology, investing around $100 million in spaceships and infrastructure. "It would be a waste to sit on the beach all day," Branson told TIME. "I get my pleasure creating things other people can be proud of." But it's not all smooth sailing: shares in U.K. cell-phone operator Virgin Mobile dipped below their July offer price; and at the rollout of Virgin Trains' latest high-speed...
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