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Construction On Spaceship Factory Set To Begin In the Mojave

Posted by timothy on from the want-a-lift? dept.

angry tapir writes "A production facility that would build the world's first fleet of commercial spaceships is set to begin construction on Tuesday at the Mojave Air and Space Port. The facility will be home to The Spaceship Co, or TSC — a joint venture owned by Mojave-based Scaled Composites and British billionaire Richard Branson's space tourism company, Virgin Galactic."

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  1. New Vegas... What about mutants? by Tei · · Score: 3, Funny

    My suggestion is to have tiny crates all around with scraps metal and drugs.

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  2. I'm waiting for an unearthly voice... by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 3, Funny

    saying "We require more Vespene gas"

    1. Re:I'm waiting for an unearthly voice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      We've got the factory now. Next in queue: three boosters, cockpit, stasis chamber, engine.

      (captcha: hexagons)

    2. Re:I'm waiting for an unearthly voice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      They're clearly doing it all wrong. Factory is for ground units; build a spaceport ffs!

  3. Fallout New Vegas?? by Dudibob · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should call this facility REPCONN Aerospace

  4. The Mojave Spaceport.... by benwiggy · · Score: 5, Funny

    You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

  5. Wretched hive of scum and villany by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not call it Mos Eisley?

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    1. Re:Wretched hive of scum and villany by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because Lucas is a big cry baby and whiner.

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  6. Re:long term plans? by drcheap · · Score: 2, Funny

    There aren't hovercars but we're almost living in the future.

    I want to live in the future. Every night I go to sleep thinking, "tomorrow is the future, and so when I wake up I'll be living there!" But then I wake up and damned if it isn't just "today" again, and the future is yet again 1 day away :(