1.Virgin Galactic claims it has signed up 625 people to fly in its Spaceship 2 rocket powered 'plane, generating revenue of more than $125 million, according to CEO George Whitesides. VG wants to start flying people on this ultimate high-flight adventure ride by 2015 but progress continues to prove slower than hoped. The real test will come when it starts commercial operations. 2.Meanwhile the Caribbean island of Curacao is all primed up to become a mass tourist spaceport with Space Expedition Corporation claiming it has signed up 230 people at $100,000 each to ride the Lynx spaceplane. Plans are to fly the winged vehicle four times daily, flight initially beginning in California and then moving to Curacao, the latter contingent on the US granting an export license to the Lynx and the island's government setting up requisite legislation.
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