UAE company plans competition for free trip to space
April 26 CNC News
One lucky citizen of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates could soon get
the chance to be rocketed into space.Government-backed Aabar Investments
on Sunday announced the start of a competition to award an Emirati a
free spot aboard Virgin Galactic's spaceship when it begins ferrying
space tourists briefly into space.
The UAE is a seven-state federation that includes Dubai and the
federal capital Abu Dhabi. ontest details have yet to be worked out.
But it appears the large numbers of expatriates who far outnumber the
local Emirati population aren't eligible.Virgin Galactic has not set a
firm start date to begin taking paying passengers on its suborbital
flights. Aabar is a partial owner of the company along with Sir Richard
Branson's Virgin Group. |