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Richard Branson has invested in health care, something called the limobike, and just about everything else on earth. Now, Branson has teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to take atmospheric samples for climate change research at heights the NOAA cannot reach. SpaceShipTwo will be launched in mid-flight from White Knight Two, a jet-powered carrier aircraft, and gather data from the Replica Cartier wj11922g Pasha Watch upper reaches of the atmosphere. The shipis based on SpaceShipOne, which was developed by Scaled Composites and won the Ansari X-Prize when it flew in suborbital space twice within two weeks in 2004. Two is scheduled to take flight as early as 2009. Far from being jealous, private space flight is being encouraged by NASA. In 2010 the space shuttle program is shutting down, leaving the US dependent on foreign nations to reach the International Space Station until 2015 (when NASA hopes to have their new space vehicles ready).--Micah Cratty
