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Old December 12th 04, 04:42 PM
Rand Simberg
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:41:12 GMT, in a place far, far away,
(Henry Spencer) made the phosphor on my monitor
glow in such a way as to indicate that:

Is VirginGalactic.com planning to launch from inside the US?


I don't remember anything being said about this issue... but it can hardly
have escaped their notice that there are serious practical advantages to
putting the operation in an area with generally clear weather and plenty
of uncrowded airspace. That is to say, the US southwest clearly wins big
over the UK for this, and the reduction in legal hassles is not entirely
insignificant either.


I wouldn't be surprised if he's also thinking Bahamas...