Virgin Galactic joins fray to fly NASA astronauts
4:44am GMT, Monday, 20 December 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Virgin Galactic, a U.S. offshoot of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, joined two separate teams vying for a $ 200 million NASA program to spur the development of private-sector space taxis, the company said on Thursday.
