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[i]In the future, XCOR aims to roll out a more powerful version of the Lynx, featuring dual engines so it can climb higher and different composite materials able to withstand higher temperatures during descents. Such a spaceship also could be optimized to launch small satellites for a fraction of what it now costs the Pentagon, government scientists or academic researchers to put such payloads into orbit. On the tourism side, XCOR hopes to entice somewhat less well-heeled prospective customers than those targeted by Mr. Branson. Simplicity and small size, XCOR officials argue, will trump extravagant cabin interiors and aggressive marketing tactics. "The best part of it all," says Rick Searfoss, a former Space Shuttle commander and now an XCOR test pilot, is that passengers "will ride up front, like a co-pilot, instead of in the back, like cargo."[/i]
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