In 2007 he signed up with Richard Branson s Virgin Galactic space programme to become the first Arab in space but is still waiting for his flight.
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Allen, who said he hasn't decided whether he'll join Rutan and Branson as passengers on the first Virgin Galactic space flight, said SpaceShipOne's accomplishment was a stunning technical achievement.
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In 2009, The Manufactured Superstars played at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and in 2011 at a private event celebrating the inaugural launch of the Virgin Galactic space port.
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However, Maris accidentally destroys everything she touches and as all damages are docked from her wages, every mission she's assigned to by the Inter-Galactic Space Patrol takes her further in debt.
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On a space station far out in the distant reaches of galactic space, Tinhead, the metallic Guardian of the Edge of the Universe, picks up a distress signal from an unknown friend of the stars.
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Since 1996, The Warren Centre has hosted an annual Innovation Lecture series presented by a leading figure in Australian science or engineering on their achievements, including the creation of Cochlear, Google Maps, Maptek and the Virgin Galactic space program.
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"This is the Port Authority as usual going off as if they were running airports in inter-galactic space rather than inside the city of New York, " said John Dyson, the mayor's special adviser on this issue, in criticizing the agency's plan.
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The initial stages of the war were defined by a hasty withdrawal of the Culture from vast galactic spaces invaded by the Idirans, who tried to inflict as many civilian casualties as possible in the hope of making the Culture sue for peace.
