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Space station astronauts welcome civilian space travel as billionaires prepare to launch
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2868" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-astronauts-welcome-civilian-space-travel/" target="_blank"><strong> Space station astronauts welcome civilian space travel as billionaires prepare to launch - CBS News</strong></a></p><p></p><p>As two billionaires prepare for launch this month on milestone space flights, professional astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Friday they fully support commercialization and look forward to a rapidly expanding civilian presence on the high frontier.</p><p></p><p>Virgin Galactic founder <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-branson-joins-company-crew-for-july-11-spaceflight/" target="_blank">Richard Branson</a> plans to join five company crewmates for a short up-and-down flight to sub-orbital space on July 11. Nine days later, Amazon founder <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-fly-space-july-20-blue-origin-new-shepard/" target="_blank">Jeff Bezos</a> plans to blast off on his own <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-space-flight-blue-origin-what-to-expect/" target="_blank">sub-orbital flight</a> aboard a New Shepard spacecraft built by Blue Origin, a company he founded in 2000.</p><p></p><p>Both companies plan commercial operations flying wealthy space tourists, government and private-sector researchers and experiments that can take advantage of the few minutes of weightlessness the flights will offer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2868, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/space-station-astronauts-welcome-civilian-space-travel/'][B] Space station astronauts welcome civilian space travel as billionaires prepare to launch - CBS News[/B][/URL] As two billionaires prepare for launch this month on milestone space flights, professional astronauts aboard the International Space Station said Friday they fully support commercialization and look forward to a rapidly expanding civilian presence on the high frontier. Virgin Galactic founder [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-branson-joins-company-crew-for-july-11-spaceflight/']Richard Branson[/URL] plans to join five company crewmates for a short up-and-down flight to sub-orbital space on July 11. Nine days later, Amazon founder [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-fly-space-july-20-blue-origin-new-shepard/']Jeff Bezos[/URL] plans to blast off on his own [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-space-flight-blue-origin-what-to-expect/']sub-orbital flight[/URL] aboard a New Shepard spacecraft built by Blue Origin, a company he founded in 2000. Both companies plan commercial operations flying wealthy space tourists, government and private-sector researchers and experiments that can take advantage of the few minutes of weightlessness the flights will offer. [/QUOTE]
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