Historic SpaceShipOne Souvenirs Available Until March 15
FYI,
"Historic SpaceShipOne Souvenirs Available Until March 15"
Antelope Valley Press via FR
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1361706/posts
: Time is running out for those interested in claiming souvenirs of
: the historic SpaceShipOne spaceflights. The nonprofit Rocket
: Boosters will cease Internet sales of the exclusive licensed
: merchandise on March 15.
: The gear - shirts, mugs, calendars, pins and similar memorabilia
: - may be ordered at the organization's Web site,
: http://www.rocketboosters.org. As the sale is winding down, some
: merchandise is limited.
: Created by famed aviation designer Burt Rutan and built at his
: Scaled Composites in Mojave, SpaceShipOne made history last year as
: the first privately funded, manned space program. It claimed the
: $10 million Ansari X Prize with twin flights to more than 62 miles
: above the Earth in five days.
: The brainchild of Rutan's wife, Tonya, the Rocket Boosters is a
: coalition of area nonprofits which secured exclusive rights to the
: SpaceShipOne logo for use on souvenir merchandise. Proceeds from
: the sales, which began last summer, are distributed among the
: various charities. Already, some $144,000 has been distributed.
: The organization will also auction two Star Wars toys flown into
: space aboard the final SpaceShipOne flight and signed by Burt Rutan
: and the program's two astronauts. Proceeds from this eBay auction
: will also benefit the charities.
: "It's something you never would've thought would bloom," said
: Rocket Booster Glenda Willie, who has been in charge of the more
: than 3,500 Web site orders filled in the last nine months.
: "That's a lot of orders coming from one computer," she said.
: Volunteers from the community groups donated their time and efforts
: not only at the spaceflight events - showing up long before dawn
: for set-up, traffic duty and sales to early arrivals - but in the
: ensuing months of Web site sales that served customers around the
: world.
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FYI,
"Volvo and Sir Richard Branson Unveil Winner of Trip to Space"
Volvo Press Release via FR
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1364544/posts
: At New York International Auto Show, Thursday, March 24, 11:50 a.m.
: WHAT: Volvo Cars of North America will be joined by billionaire
: entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson to unveil the winner of a trip on
: a sub-orbital flight to space on Sir Richard's Virgin Galactic.
: WHEN: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:50 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (video and
: still photographers should arrive at 11:35 a.m. for positioning)
: WHERE: Volvo Cars of North America Level 3, Booth 204 2005 New York
: International Auto Show Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 11th
: Ave. between 34th & 39th Sts. New York City.
: WHO: Sir Richard Branson, founder and chairman, The Virgin Group of
: Companies, Ann Belec, president and CEO of Volvo Cars of North
: America. Winner of trip to space. (to be revealed at news
: conference)
: VISUAL: Branson will enter the stage in an out of this world
: fashion.
: WHY: During the 2005 Super Bowl, Volvo introduced its new
: V8-powered Volvo XC90 SUV with an out of this world sweepstakes to
: win a flight to space on a Virgin Galactic space ship. The ad,
: featuring Sir Richard Branson as an astronaut piloting a rocket
: ship, encouraged people to enter for the trip at www.boldlygo.com .
: More than 135,000 aspiring astronauts registered for the trip,
: valued at $200,000. Virgin Galactic -- one of the world's first
: commercial space tourism operators -- plans to debut commercial
: space fligh within the next two to three years. The sweepstakes
: winners will receive astronaut training and will fly on one of
: Virgin Galactic's initial voyages. During the flight, he or she
: will experience weightlessness, view the stars above and see planet
: Earth below.
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Mark Reiff <markreiff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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