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10/26/04
This is funny!!!!
Shatner aims for real 'Star Trek'
Friday, October 22, 2004 Posted: 10:40 AM EDT (1440 GMT)
LONDON, England -- William Shatner wants to boldly go where he's only pretended to go so far.
The "Star Trek" star is among more than 7,000 people who have told Richard Branson they would gladly pay him $210,000 (£115,000) for a trip aboard his planned spacecraft, the entrepreneur said Friday.
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro has signed up for a ride, and a Hollywood director who was not identified has booked an entire ship.
Trevor Beattie, chairman of the ad agency TBWA -- responsible for campaigns such as the "Hello Boys" Wonderbra campaign with Eva Herzigova -- offered to send a check as soon as the project was launched last month.
In all, more than $1.45 billion (£800 million) has been pledged -- years before the Virgin Galactic spaceship is even built, Branson said.
Branson, 54, is pouring $135 million (£74 million) into his latest commercial experiment, which promises to send the paying public 70 miles above the planet to experience six minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth.
Speaking from the Mojave Desert in California, Branson told the UK's Press Association he was overwhelmed by the response.
"We are extremely pleased because it just means in a sense that the gamble we took seems to have paid off," he said.
"Market research suggested that there were that sort of number of people willing to agree to that sort of price.
"We have committed £60 million and we have had a tremendous take-up. All indicators are that the risk was worth taking.
In addition to that amount, Virgin has spent £14 million buying the licensing rights to Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, which successfully launched into space twice earlier this month to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Five- or nine-seater spacecraft are being designed which will travel at three times the speed of sound. The journey into space will last around three and a half hours.
Despite the interest, Branson said the first flight will be reserved for him and his family -- including his father, Ted.
The spacecraft is scheduled to be ready in 2008 -- to coincide with the elder Branson's 90th birthday.
"My dad has put his hand up and will be 90 at the time, my kids definitely want to come and if there is room for my mum she will come as well," Branson said.
If his father joined the flight, he would be the oldest person to fly in space, beating U.S. senator and space pioneer John Glenn, who went back into space in 2001 at age 77.
Alongside would his mother Eve, 80, his 21-year-old daughter Holly and 18-year-old son Sam.
But Branson said his wife, Joan, has no desire to leave the planet.
"My kids definitely want to go, my parents definitely want to go, but Joan will have her feet firmly on the ground, I suspect, trying to encourage the kids to stay on the ground."
Virgin will build five spaceships, and Branson said he hopes they will eventually be launched from various stations around the world, including Europe.
"If we can make it a success, then I hope we can lower the price so that more people can realize their dream and go into space.
Shatner aims for real 'Star Trek'
Friday, October 22, 2004 Posted: 10:40 AM EDT (1440 GMT)
LONDON, England -- William Shatner wants to boldly go where he's only pretended to go so far.
The "Star Trek" star is among more than 7,000 people who have told Richard Branson they would gladly pay him $210,000 (£115,000) for a trip aboard his planned spacecraft, the entrepreneur said Friday.
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro has signed up for a ride, and a Hollywood director who was not identified has booked an entire ship.
Trevor Beattie, chairman of the ad agency TBWA -- responsible for campaigns such as the "Hello Boys" Wonderbra campaign with Eva Herzigova -- offered to send a check as soon as the project was launched last month.
In all, more than $1.45 billion (£800 million) has been pledged -- years before the Virgin Galactic spaceship is even built, Branson said.
Branson, 54, is pouring $135 million (£74 million) into his latest commercial experiment, which promises to send the paying public 70 miles above the planet to experience six minutes of weightlessness and see the curvature of the Earth.
Speaking from the Mojave Desert in California, Branson told the UK's Press Association he was overwhelmed by the response.
"We are extremely pleased because it just means in a sense that the gamble we took seems to have paid off," he said.
"Market research suggested that there were that sort of number of people willing to agree to that sort of price.
"We have committed £60 million and we have had a tremendous take-up. All indicators are that the risk was worth taking.
In addition to that amount, Virgin has spent £14 million buying the licensing rights to Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne, which successfully launched into space twice earlier this month to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Five- or nine-seater spacecraft are being designed which will travel at three times the speed of sound. The journey into space will last around three and a half hours.
Despite the interest, Branson said the first flight will be reserved for him and his family -- including his father, Ted.
The spacecraft is scheduled to be ready in 2008 -- to coincide with the elder Branson's 90th birthday.
"My dad has put his hand up and will be 90 at the time, my kids definitely want to come and if there is room for my mum she will come as well," Branson said.
If his father joined the flight, he would be the oldest person to fly in space, beating U.S. senator and space pioneer John Glenn, who went back into space in 2001 at age 77.
Alongside would his mother Eve, 80, his 21-year-old daughter Holly and 18-year-old son Sam.
But Branson said his wife, Joan, has no desire to leave the planet.
"My kids definitely want to go, my parents definitely want to go, but Joan will have her feet firmly on the ground, I suspect, trying to encourage the kids to stay on the ground."
Virgin will build five spaceships, and Branson said he hopes they will eventually be launched from various stations around the world, including Europe.
"If we can make it a success, then I hope we can lower the price so that more people can realize their dream and go into space.
10/22/04
We went to Toledo today to get smokes. Go every couple of weeks cuz it's much cheeper down there. Got a carton plus a pack for 22 bucks;) So anyway, we see gas is like 13 cents cheaper than it is up here AND there's a Meijer's. Well sometimes the Meijer's up here gives 10 cents off a gallon and stuff like that when you buy stuff, so we figure what the hell. We need things for dinner anyway. We go in and happen across an "international foods" aisle. It catches my eye cuz of the Matzo at the beginning. I love Matzo. Especially Egg and Onion Matzo. So we continue down the aisle and they got German and English (no dandelion and burdock, but they did have clotted cream and a trifle mix) then to Mediterranean (tahini sauce yay!) and Asian (lots of wasabi and stuff) and then... The thing i was so happy for i almost cried! ... Southern food! But not really southern.... CAJUN!!!!!!! They had Tony Chachere EVERYTHING... INCLUDING INSTANT ROUX!!!!!!! I about died! We been saving our dry roux for a special occassion to make the gumbo...we don't have to anymore! AND they had cake mixes to make Velvet cake...red, yellow and black! We could have a whole CAJUN meal! YAY!!!!! Only thing they were missing was community coffee;)
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