Rocketplane to focus on space tourism

 
By Ja’Rena Lunsford
Published: October 20, 2007

Rocketplane's recent loss of a multimillion-dollar contract with NASA may concern outsiders about the company's future in space tourism. But the concern stops there.

Instead, company officials say the halt on the NASA project means Rocketplane will be able to turn its focus to another project: getting tourists into space.

"We're looking at a stronger focus on the XP,” said George French, chairman and chief exe...


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