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Welcome to the prelaunch program of Virgin Galactic, which hopes to be the world's first private spaceline, with liftoff by 2009. The adventure-addicted British entrepreneur says that over its first 10 years Virgin Galactic will send 50,000 civilians on a thrill ride more than 62 miles (100 km) up into space--to escape gravity and ogle our small fragile planet. Initial cost for the two-hour adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Space Cowboys | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

Still, you wouldn't think my companions knew any of this. In between our tutorials, just about everyone wanted to get outside, as often and for as long as possible. The biggest thrill by far: on Saturday night, the whole group trooped up a metal spiral staircase, then up two ladders and out onto the balcony of the observatory tower, where many of the weather instruments are located. The temperature at that point was --16°, and the winds were at about 60 m.p.h., gusting to nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Worst Weather in the World | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...stay in hockey shape, and is looking forward to returning to competition. “It’s an honor obviously to be a part of my seventh World Championship team and just to be able to put our jersey on again and represent USA is always a thrill,” she said. “I’m very much looking forward to being a part of this team and seeing my teammates again. Coming off an Olympic year, where you spend every day and every night with them, you miss them...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Hockey, Stars, and Stripes Forever | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...memory glorifies cities along the Ganges like Kanpur as the centers of the revolt, Dalrymple suggests that Delhi was the true locus of the 1857 uprising. Drawing on contemporary accounts from the Indian and British sides, he paints a vivid portrait of a city under siege, giddy with the thrill of being independent, but faced with food shortages, anarchy, and the imminent likelihood of a British counterattack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For God and Empire | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...encrusted with 25,000 brass safety pins, is transformed into glittering armor. Knitted into a wool jacket, along with abstract images of the sun and its rays, are words by Walt Whitman ("Give me the splendid, silent sun/With all his beamsfull?dazzling"). A book for people who dress to thrill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pleasures for the Holidays | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

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