Richard Branson announced at the Farnborough Airshow outside of London the first of his Virgin Galactic space flights would launch next year with his two kids in tow.  He also introduced a new spaceship. The new ship, "LauncherOne", will carry small satellites into space at a fractional cost of traditional deliveries and would begin in 2016.  But it was the confirmation that manned, tourist type flights will begin in 2013 that caused the most immediate excitement.  Branson confirmed that his family, including his two children, Holly and Sam - who both are of adult age - sometime in 2013 for the flight...


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