Would-be space tourists to train in Phila. area
Philadelphia Business Journal - 9:50 AM EDT Thursday, August 30, 2007
Environmental Tectonics Corp. said Thursday its National Aerospace Training and Research Center has been named the official space-flight training provider of Virgin Galactic.
The arrangement means ETC (AMEX:ETC) will provide training for people signing up to take suborbital flights with Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Group whose mission is to make space travel available to everyone by creating the world's first commercial space airline.
The first group of space travelers will be trained at the center at ETC's Southampton, Pa., headquarters from September through November. In two-day sessions, they will receive both a grounding in aerospace physiology concepts and hands-on training in a high-performance centrifuge, culminating in a simulated space launch.
ETC said in a press release that its contract with Virgin "puts Pennsylvania on the map as the current center of commercial space training."
ETC makes simulators for training, testing and rides. It also makes hyperbaric chambers. The London-based Virgin brand includes airlines, train travel, balloon flights, books, media and wine.
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