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More FM interview
Check out the link below to a recent interview on More FM with Si and Gary.
More FM interview
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LA Trip coming up fast – no time for sleep on this visit!
14/11/09: Just two weeks to go til I fly out with my film crew for the Official Unveil of SpaceShip2. It’ll be the first time I get to lay eyes on the tiny craft that’s going to propel me 360,000 ft into space at Mach 3. Busy setting up meetings with not only TV & [...]
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Latest adventures of Space Girl
16/09/09: Apologies for being off air for a while – here’s a quick heads up for those of you following the Adventures of Space Girl:
a) On Dec 7th I will be winging my way to the Mojave desert in California for the unveil of SpaceShip2. While the unveiling will be happening at Scaled Composites in [...]
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40th anniversary moon landing
20/07/09: Happy 40th Boys! The Anniversary of the Moon landing and 40 years on…Buzz is doing a rap song with someone called Snoop Dogg, 11 out of 1009 people surveyed in the US think Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story) was the first man on the Moon and another 8 think it was Louis Armstrong….
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Interest in space
18/07/09: With the 40th anniversary of the moon walk, there is obviously renewed interest in all matters ‘Space’. August is already pretty heavily booked with 4 confirmed speaking engagements and a general buzz from various media for interviews. Working on getting my doco tied down and my book is sitting there waiting to be worked [...]
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La Luna
19/06/09: I picked up a copy of a French magazine in the airport at Nice in France which had dedicated its latest issue to ‘La Luna’ – particulary the Apollo Missions and the moon landings. Can’t read a bar of it but felt I just had to have it in my library!
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Russian rocket
02/04/09: I received a call today asking whether I would be interested in boarding a Russian rocket to spend some time at the International Space Station. I replied that yes indeed, I would be very interested however, I didn’t have $20 million (the cost of a return ticket) sitting in a Swiss Bank account. ‘Let [...]
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‘Making space for Earth’ event
14/03/09: All the Austalasian Founders have been invited to Sydney on April 28th to attend an event themed ‘Making Space for Earth’ to be held at the Powerhouse Museum. It will focus on delivering messages about the scientific and environmental aspects of space travel & exploration. Brian Binnie, Scaled’s accomplished test pilot will be a [...]
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Shuttle launch invitation
20/02/09: Received an invitation from Mission Control to view the shuttle launch on 12 February from Banana Creek, which is where NASA family and friends get to watch from. However, the launch, scheduled for 7.30am on 12 February from Cape Canaveral, Florida was delayed due to faulty fuel leaks, so it was a good thing [...]
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