Will Whitehorn
Will Whitehorn
Will Whitehornwas the President of Virgin Galactic until December 2010, a company which plans to offer space tourism flights to the paying public...
books early final proceed publishing relatively
Virgin Books will be publishing an autobiography. But it is relatively early days. We still need to proceed to a final contract.
leap putting small step
Putting it in ITAR termsthis is one small step for ITAR, one big leap for Virgin Galactic.
act capacity catalyst ease finished investment problem product supply trying
The supply problem is at the finished product level, and refinery capacity is the fundamental issue. We are trying to act as a catalyst to ease the logjam in the investment process.
deal launch mobile united venture
Virgin is progressing on a deal to launch a mobile venture in the United States.
activate parts
It allows us to activate all the parts of the project.
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Most private space project that have existed so far haven't come across the issue of the DDTC, ITAR, and export regulations for these kind of technologies from the United States. We're really the first people who have probably gone through a formal process of this nature and come through the other end of it. So I think that's a good precedent.
estimate
Let me be clear, this is an estimate only,
customers entirely launch leaving pioneer registered signed view
We've now signed up 100 pioneer launch customers, ... We have another 35,000 have registered who said they want to take a flight. We're going to take an entirely different view of leaving the planet's surface.
country exporting party technology third
Exporting the technology to a third party country would be another issue...and one that will have to be addressed in the future.
thrill time
It's time we rediscovered the thrill of space,
level million
We have a significant level of deposits nownearly $10 million worth.
discussion number states united
We are already in discussion with a number of states in the United States.
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What we're talking about here is not just taking rich people to space. We're proving the safety and the viability of space travel. This is the dawn of an new era in space.
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There's clear airspace over the site in New Mexico. The weather is better for launching a very big aircraft. We've got the capacity to build an extra-wide runway. This is a very good location to operate from.