An ambitious plan to update classic space trading game Elite has hit its funding target.

BBC: Elite video game reboot hits funding target

Sir Richard Branson is also expected to give an update on his Virgin Galactic space tourism plans.

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The Obama Administration has canceled plans it inherited to send astronauts back to the Moon, the Space Shuttle is about to retire, and the only near-term human space flight initiative on the books is a handout to rich California businessmen to update old technology.

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This will be an update of a first-person shooter game with a plot that revolves around battling mutant humans attacking from outer space - very similar to the aliens in the Halo series.

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