AERA Update

Altaris Spacecraft Launch And Ascent Annimation:
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Aera’s News release on March 30th 2005
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Alan Boyle, MSNBC Cosmic Log Wrote an article:
Take a virtual space ride
The rocketeers at Aera Corp. unveiled the design for their Altairis suborbital spaceship today, in a video animation that also touted their business plan to attract high-flying tourists.
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Also Clark S. Lindsey provides some information:
http://www.hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/RLV/2005/RLVNews2005-03.html#Mar.30.05

Clark notes:
The Press-Enterprise article also states that AERA currently has $1.2 million but needs to raise $15 million to $20 million to build the vehicle. Before flying passengers they would also, of course, need to get an AST license, which presumably would require several test flights. I hope they can do it but it sure seems ambitious to plan on flying ticketed passengers in 2006.