Welcome to Hell”, a sign held by striking first responders that met arriving tourists.
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Virgin Galactic unveils new spaceship that could take tourists to space
Virgin Galactic’s race to become the first major private space tourism company just got closer to reality.
After more than three years of construction, Richard Branson’s company unveiled a new spaceship Friday at the Mojave Air & Space Port in California. It is a replacement for the one that crashed in 2014, killing a test pilot.
Physicist Stephen Hawking named the new vehicle Virgin Spaceship (VSS) Unity in a recorded speech and on Twitter.
“I would be very proud to fly on this spaceship,” Hawking said.
Branson said the new vehicle means space can be made accessible in a way that has only been dreamed about before.
“Our beautiful new spaceship, VSS Unity, is the embodiment of that goal and also a great testament to what can be achieved when true teamwork, great skill and deep pride are combined with a common purpose,” Branson said, according to a company press release.
On Thursday, the company said that because of the fatal crash, the new spaceship will not “blast off and head straight to space” anytime soon. Instead, it faces an extensive testing period.
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Over dozen tourists dead in Japan ski resort bus crash – reports
At least 14 people have reportedly been killed after a bus driving tourists to a ski resort in central Japanese Nagano prefecture veered off a road. About 40 passengers were aboard the bus.
Over 25 others have been hospitalized with injuries and 19 of them remain in serious condition, Bloomberg reported.
The bus crossed into the oncoming lane and plunged off the road in the town of Karuizawa, some 120 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, according to Kyodo News agency.
Walking safari guide protected tourists and was killed by charging lion in Zimbabwean park
A guide mauled to death by a lion, put himself between tourists and the charging animal, during an attack in the same park where Cecil the lion once roamed, a Zimbabwean tour group said.
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