If the real goal is to fly to Mars, there is no reason at all to go via the moon.

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In January 2005, without giving any reason, the ministry of transport revoked Kam Air's license to fly to Istanbul.

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And the reason that it works is that if you fly into Heathrow you can go to most parts of the world.

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The UK government has said it will not allow him safe passage out of the country to fly to Ecuador, while the Swedish foreign ministry insisted the sole reason they want Mr Assange extradited is so the allegations against him can be properly investigated.

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Dr. GARRIOTT: We would have done whatever we could within reason, from a financial standpoint, everything that we owned, if we could just have this chance to fly in space.

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Another friend of mine used to maintain that airplanes stayed up in the air only because people believed -- against reason -- that they could fly: Without that collective delusion sustaining them, they would instantly plummet to earth.

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