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Old 01-27-2009, 02:24 PM
 
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Hello Houston

The new word being monitored and considered by Oxfrod Dictionary and several other dictionaries to describe a space tourist is 'Touronaut' They say they will only enter the word when the word is used more.

Interseting! Lets give this word a helpful landing!
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Old 01-27-2009, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Charleston Sc and Western NC
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Hello Houston

The new word being monitored and considered by Oxfrod Dictionary and several other dictionaries to describe a space tourist is 'Touronaut' They say they will only enter the word when the word is used more.

Interseting! Lets give this word a helpful landing!

I find "Interseting" far more interesting. Setting within? When was this one added to The "Oxfrod" Dictionary?
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Old 01-27-2009, 04:04 PM
 
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Spam!
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Old 02-25-2009, 10:41 AM
 
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Well www.touronaut.com seems to be a direct link to Virgin Galactic.
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Old 08-25-2009, 11:06 AM
 
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Ill take that back!! There is a cool couple of videos on there though that show what it will be like in the Vigin Galactic space craft. Skip the video on the flights page and check ou the one on the links page......pretty cool...!!!
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Old 08-25-2009, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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Just because Houston's home to the JSC, this by no means guarantees that Houston will be the future hub of inner orbital tourism. Especially if Virgin is the only company pursuing the new industry. Virgin is based in London, and Burt Rutan's suborbitals were launched out of the Mojave. Virgin purchased Rutan's first production models. I imagine they'd follow Rutan's lead or do something entirely different. I doubt Houston would figure much into that at all.
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Old 08-25-2009, 12:25 PM
 
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There we go. That could be our tourism draw we were so desperately needing, or so I heard.

The hell with mountains or white sand beaches. We're taking you to outer freakin' space, buddy.
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Old 08-25-2009, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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There we go. That could be our tourism draw we were so desperately needing, or so I heard.

The hell with mountains or white sand beaches. We're taking you to outer freakin' space, buddy.
Just don't expect a train to get you to the spaceport.
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