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XCOR Launch Application Complete

Posted by timothy on from the lots-of-d-engines dept.

Kulic writes "SpaceDaily.com is reporting that XCOR, a competitor for the X-Prize has had their launch application deemed 'sufficiently complete' by the Federal Aviation Administration's Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation. This significant regulatory milestone means that AST has committed itself either to issue a launch license to XCOR within 180 days or notify Congress that it failed to do so."

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  1. Re:Trip by PhantomHarlock · · Score: 5, Informative
    Well, we have a non-exclusive agreement with Space Adventures, the company that helped broker Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth's rides in Russia. They are currently selling tickets for suborbital flights and I believe they currently have over 600 reservations, some paid in full and others are partial down payments.

    Link to their website. :) More Q&A about XCOR suborbital stuff on our site: here.