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[I'm going to head over to the Virgin Galactic signing Richard Branson is presenting]
[so I thought you guys might want to check on that real quick.]
[We'll see if we can't get up there and see what's going on.]
[[Richard Branson] One of the things that today is going to result in]
[is a spaceport being built in Abu Dhabi in the Middle East, ]
[and so that people will be able, from the Middle East, to be able to go into space.]
[And as Will said, not only the chance to take people into space,]
[but to be able to put satellites into space at a fraction of the price and cost]
[Somebody earlier on to me said that we've had 3 years of gloomy stories,]
[and this is a good new story, so thanks very much for being here to celebrate it with us,]
[and I'm looking forward to getting into the plane now and not going up into space,]
[but getting a taste of what it's going to be like.]
[>> We have a crosswind. They'll have to go and takeoff on 2-7,]
[but all of the demonstration passes will be right out here in front of us.]
[Again, I'm not going to elaborate, because I know they're itching to get started]
[with the taxiing they have to do.]
[>> Okay, well, on that note, ]
[I think I'd better get going or I'm going to hold up the day's proceedings.]
[Last time I was engineering hot air balloons going around the world,]
[and we kept on ending up in the sea.]
[Fortunately, there's no sea around here, so we should be all right this afternoon.]
[A lake! Oh, I've been told there is a lake. Damn it! [laughing]]
[We'll make sure we avoid the lake.]
[Not sure if you can see it, but here comes the Virgin Galactic.]
