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EXCLUSIVE: Xcor's first astronaut is...

Rob Coppinger
 on November 27, 2008 1:13 PM | | Comments (2)
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lynx upper stageW445.JPG
credit: Xcor Aerospace / caption: Lynx launches an upper stage, another potential use for it 

Hyperbola has learnt the identity of the first customer for Xcor Aerospace's Lynx suborbital vehicle and this blog can say now that
the individual is a northern European (no it's not Richard Branson), is male, is from a country near to Germany, has worked in finance for many years and is a Virgin Galactic customer

Xcor has announced that at a press conference on 2 December it will discuss its technical progress for the Lynx engine and will introduce to the world its first customer-astronaut, which its press release says is a European 

Visit Hyperbola at 1800h GMT (1000h PST) on 2 December to find out the identity of Xcor's European customer

xcor astronautsW445.jpg
credit: Xcor / caption: (L-R) an astronaut, left, talks to Xcor pilot Rick Searfoss

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2 Comments

Johnny Jones

Northern European male. International finance. Virgin Galactic customer.

Oh, I've got it!

Santa Claus.

It's gotta be.

P.W. Mothman

It's Per Wimmer. The Daily Mail beat you to it.

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