tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42173967922845628782012-01-17T11:20:40.265-08:00a mind's eye view on the study of travelchicatznoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217396792284562878.post-90404482380556162142008-12-12T15:39:00.000-08:002008-12-12T15:53:57.413-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SUL5LgyLngI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/QTwSt4fxDXA/s1600-h/z_maps.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 62px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SUL5LgyLngI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/QTwSt4fxDXA/s200/z_maps.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279055689405931010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br />Here are ten useful travel sites from the "10 Links A Day" website.</span> Just in time to book your holiday travel at the last minute:</span> </span><ol style="font-family:arial;"><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.iloho.com/" target="_blank">iloho</a><br />Travel news, flight reviews, networking and more.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.trivago.co.uk/" target="_blank">trivago</a><br />Hotel Reviews &amp; price comparison<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.gostreetmaps.com/" target="_blank">Go Street Maps</a><br />Street maps from around the world<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://planeteye.com/" target="_blank">Planeteye.com</a><br />PlanetEye is a one-stop destination for all your travel planning needs.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.uptake.com/" target="_blank">Uptake.com</a><br />Your first step to a great trip.<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.skyscanner.net/" target="_blank">skyscanner</a><br />Cheap flights, low cost air travel, flight deals, budget airline tickets<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.couchsurfing.com/" target="_blank">Couch Surfing</a><br />Participate in Creating a Better World, One Couch At A Time<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.geckogo.com/" target="_blank">geckogo!</a><br />Travel Planning made fun<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.spottedbylocals.com/">Spotted by Locals/</a><br />Experience cities like a local<br /><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://10linksaday.blogspot.com/2008/09/travel-20.html">10 Links a Day</a><br />Previous Travel 2.0 post - bonus - more links! </span> </li></ol><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4217396792284562878-9040448238055616214?l=tripzology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217396792284562878.post-66055734127163311172008-12-05T12:09:00.000-08:002009-01-04T22:33:26.395-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STmRRBXAGtI/AAAAAAAAAUE/oBOwl__j3R0/s1600-h/z_xcorspace_combo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 273px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STmRRBXAGtI/AAAAAAAAAUE/oBOwl__j3R0/s400/z_xcorspace_combo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276408160049961682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Want to experience a "Personal Journey To The Edge Of Space"? Then hop aboard the suborbital spacecraft ( built by Xcor Aerospace). The owner of RocketShip Tours Jules Klar...</span><span style="font-size:85%;">and Retired Colonel Richard Searfoss (the firm's pilot who has flown 3 missions for NASA for a total of 39 days in space)</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >are working together along with Xcor Aerospace to provide the more adventourous traveler a quite affordable option to space travel than the one offered currently by their nearest competitor, Virgin Galactic.</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Per Wimmer, of extreme adventurer fame (tandom skydived over Mount Everest), has signed on as the first passenger.</span><br /></span></span><div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Your travel ticket "To The Edge Of Space" is $95,000 (considerably less expensive then Virgin's $200,000 price tag). Here is what is offered for </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">the price of a ticket according to Rocket Ship Tours Manager </span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">of Media Relations "RJ" Watters III:</span><br /></span></span><br /></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">1. Your trip is one(1) hour from start to finish.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">2. You reach approximately 200,000 feet in altitude.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">3. You will achieve weightlessness.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">4. You are in space for roughly 5 minutes.<br /></span><br /></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">5. You will see the curvature of the Earth, the Grand Canyon, the U.S. pacific coastline as well as a good part of the United States of America.<br /><br /></span></div> <div style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">6. Test flights begin in 2010 and actual flights in 2011.<br /><br />7. The launch pad is located in Mojave, California.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />8. Xcor Aerospace developed the engine that will be used and on October 1st, 2008 set a record for most flights of a rocket-powered aircraft in one day which was seven (7).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STmlExEzC5I/AAAAAAAAAU0/nXNo6lBwsAI/s1600-h/z_rocketshiptours_Richard_Searfoss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 160px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STmlExEzC5I/AAAAAAAAAU0/nXNo6lBwsAI/s400/z_rocketshiptours_Richard_Searfoss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276429939752766354" border="0" /></a>RocketShip Tours Pilot, Col. Richard Searfoss (Retired)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IoEdEgf96YY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IoEdEgf96YY&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">RocketShip Tours Flight Overview (source: Youtube.com)</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4dPggv28Uik&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4dPggv28Uik&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Xcor Aerospace CNBC Press Release (source: Youtube.com)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STo261cJpYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/9RSHaIUfbBE/s1600-h/z_Per_Wimmer_Jules_Klar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 137px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STo261cJpYI/AAAAAAAAAU8/9RSHaIUfbBE/s400/z_Per_Wimmer_Jules_Klar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276590297823421826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Per Wimmer, first passenger (on Left) and Jules Klar, Owner of RocketShip Tours display facsimile ticket</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STo4RDwzNrI/AAAAAAAAAVE/fFJYZNxbObQ/s1600-h/z_RocketShipTours_rj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 119px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STo4RDwzNrI/AAAAAAAAAVE/fFJYZNxbObQ/s400/z_RocketShipTours_rj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276591779136878258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">RJ Watters III, Manager of Media Relations, RocketShip Tours</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4217396792284562878-6605573412716331117?l=tripzology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0