XCOR Aerospace Unveils Vehicle For Space Tourism


	XCOR Aerospace Unveils Vehicle For Space Tourism
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3-26-2008 3:48 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/166ebb6c-b758-40b1-96bd-01d0eb89686b/4202D1A8-3750-49DD-8756-B17870784152/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4ObtqVBGOx6m6ZZd3U3mSRT49jQD8VL915O0" href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4ObtqVBGOx6m6ZZd3U3mSRT49jQD8VL915O0" style="font-size: 11px;">ap.google.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4ObtqVBGOx6m6ZZd3U3mSRT49jQD8VL915O0"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/ap.google.com/img/512B036F-E65A-49E3-ACE9-49CCC5B3F78E" alt="The Associated Press" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4ObtqVBGOx6m6ZZd3U3mSRT49jQD8VL915O0"><P>LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4ObtqVBGOx6m6ZZd3U3mSRT49jQD8VL915O0"><P>The Lynx, about the size of a small private plane, is expected to begin flying in 2010, according to developer Xcor Aerospace, which planned to release details of the design at a news conference Wednesday.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-03/xcor-unveils-suborbital-space-vehicle" href="http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-03/xcor-unveils-suborbital-space-vehicle" style="font-size: 11px;">www.popsci.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-03/xcor-unveils-suborbital-space-vehicle"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popsci.com/img/6A4A7037-5492-4B82-9650-2135F5B39BA1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-space/article/2008-03/xcor-unveils-suborbital-space-vehicle"><DIV class="summary">
		<SPAN class="img-title">The Lynx suborbital space vehicle:</SPAN> <SPAN class="img-summary"></SPAN> 
<SPAN class="pic-credit">Photo by Mike Massee/XCOR</SPAN>
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Company Plans Vehicle for Trips to Cusp of Space
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