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February 4, 2015

Virgin Galactic gets back on track toward space tourism

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Associated Press

UPHAM, N.M. — The only thing interrupting the creosote and mesquite that make up one of New Mexico's most remote stretches of desert is a pristine runway where Virgin Galactic plans one day to launch the world's first commercial space-line.

In the four years since its completion, however, the runway has seen little use. No constant roar of jet engines. No screeches from landing gear. Just promises, year after year, that it would shuttle paying passengers to the edges of Earth.


 
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