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Solar Tsunami Waves hurled a coronal mass ejection towards Earth this last weekend!

Close-up of magnetic solar filament erupting during the early hours of February 24, 2012. Notice closer to the surface the solar atmosphere splits and waves of solar material fan out in opposite directions from the split (almost 248,500 miles long), like tsunami waves. This eruption hurled a coronal mass ejection in the direction of Earth. This video ranges from Feb 23 22:32:44 to Feb 24 04:31:32 UT.

Virgin Galactic's newest "Spaceport" in Albuquerque, New Mexico nears completion

Opportunities for businesses in Albuquerque, New Mexico begin to flourish  

 

Virgin Galactic touts Spaceport business

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Building new hotels, restaurants, homes and stores in the middle of the Jornada del Muerto, an iconic New Mexico desert.

It might sound like a reach to some, but Virgin Galactic says there are lots of opportunities for developers to cash in on the creation of a shimmering space city around New Mexico’s Spaceport America in the Jornada east of Truth or Consequences.

Addressing the New Mexico Commercial Real Estate Development Association, NAIOP, Virgin Galactic Vice-President Will Pomeranz said each space tourist who comes here will bring an entourage that will need a complete spectrum of travel and tourist destination services.

“They are going to be coming with their loved ones, their immediate family and most of them with a lot of others as well,” he said.

So, Pomeranz urged the New Mexico developers to consider investing in the construction of the facilities needed to cater to wealthy space tourists, calling them “a lot of individuals and a lot of companies who have a lot of walking-around money.”

“If you spend $200,000 on a luxury experience, you are probably willing to pay a fair amount for a hotel, and a meal and a rental car,” he added.

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has pledged that public funds would not be used for commercial development at the spaceport.

NAIOP members are interested in filling the need.

“This is an industry that we haven't seen,” said Drew Dolan, NAOIP Chairman.

“And from tourism, to hospitality to commercial property, it's going to be an opportunity for us in New Mexico.”

The new executive director of Spaceport America, Christine Anderson, said Virgin Galactic is not the only company coming to do business here.

“We also have several other paying tenants now and we hope to attract others, and we'll be working toward that,” she said, adding “the industry is really growing.”

Anderson said she knows there is a lot of competition from other spaceports in other states and foreign countries.

However, she thinks there will be enough business for all.

“I really think that this is a growing market and in 20, 30 years, this will be commonplace,” she said.

Anderson also promised extensive public access and unique opportunities for students.

Virgin estimates it will be about a year and a half at the earliest before the first paying passengers ride rockets at Spaceport America.

Tickets presently cost $200,000 each, but Pomeranz said with volume in future years, prices might be reduced to about $30,000 each.

New Mexico's ALL NEW "Spaceport" nears completion

Air Chair in Space Makes out to be World's Highest Commercial (literally)

Different layers of the atmosphere, including the ionosphere – the radio mirror of the sky.

Toshiba and Grey London take a chair into space to film the world's highest commercial.
In its latest outing for Toshiba, Grey London collaborated with The Mill to film "the world's highest commercial," shot 98,000 feet above Nevada's Black Rock desert.

To capture the spot's footage, two Toshiba hi-def IK-HR1S video cameras and a lightweight chair were suspended from a high altitude helium balloon and floated into space until the chair exploded from extreme atmospheric pressure 98,268 feet.

The ad was made by strapping two video cameras and chair to a high altitude helium balloon and allowing them to float into space. The full sized chair was made up of super-light balsawood and was sent in to orbit from the Nevada Black Rock desert to reach 98,000 ft above Earth, capturing the incredibly journey with Toshiba's high-definition IK-HR1S video cameras. To reach the altitude required and to conform to America's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, the entire rig had to weigh no more than 4lb. The amazing journey concludes with the chair breaking up at the peak height of 98,268 ft due to the extreme atmospheric pressure. Finally, once the rig was destroyed by atmospheric conditions, it took 40 minutes for the remains to crash back to Earth.

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