The ultimate promise of reusable craft like SpaceShipOne is a vastly reduced launch cost, greater ease of preparing a flight and the prospect of opening space for tourism.

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Anyway, back on January 25 the company announced that it launch a cost-reduction plan in attempt to become more profitable.

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In addition, the company was late to launch ultralow-cost "netbook" computers, all the rage now for their recession-appropriate price tags.

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