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The company plans to add spaceports all around the country, Kemp noted, and even in other countries that are U.S. allies. The company's risk factors, listed in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, also give investors a sense of what challenges Astra may see as it works toward its goals. Assuming the mission goes well, Virgin has said it plans two further test flights of the spaceplane before beginning commercial service next year. Instead, Kemp says Astra's modular spacecraft will allow the company to drop off individual satellites in specific orbits on the same launch. All I need is a license from the FAA, we put a fence around a gravel pad, and we launch from there in five days with five people," Kemp said.

The three other mission specialists are Beth Moses, the company's chief astronaut instructor; Virgin Galactic's lead operations engineer Colin Bennett; and Sirisha Bandla, a research operations and government affairs vice president. Is it possible theoretically? Yes. But, in basically four years, is one company going to be able to support that kind of schedule? It's ambitious – nobody's ever done it." SPACE SAFETY: Made from BPA-free, non-toxic ABS plastic, the ship is designed with rounded corners and a convenient carrying handle for easy space transport. 2 AA batteries are included.

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In 1987 he made a record-breaking Atlantic crossing by hot-air balloon, though again he had to be rescued from the sea. He went on to break at least two other air-balloon speed records but failed to complete any of three bids to circumnavigate the globe by balloon. Branson, 70, insists there is plenty of demand from wealthy would-be citizen astronauts to go around, and that he had no intention of trying to upstage Bezos.

Astro Venture is a brand in the play figure playsets industry, offering a wide range of play figure playsets and kids' play spaceships to its customers. It's honestly not a race," Branson told Reuters in an interview earlier this week. "If it's a race, it's a race to produce wonderful spaceships that can make many more people be able to access space. And I think that's both of our aims." Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin, along with fellow billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX, are competing head-to-head in the emerging business of space tourism, though Musk has a big head start.We found that most of the Astro Venture products are manufactured by Play Mind, PlayMind, and Playmind. The manufacturers provide Astro Venture with a steady supply of products, and they have a good cooperative relationship with each other. As for Sunday's flight, Branson said this week that he is excited, "and I really don't think there’s anything there to be scared about."