Virgin Galactic to launch tourism and scientific research space flights from the United Arab Emirates capital. In July 2011, Aabar invested a further to develop a program to launch small satellites into low Earth orbit, raising their equity share to 37.8%. Virgin announced in June 2014 that they were in talks with Google about the injection of capital to fund both development and operations. The New Mexico government has invested approaching $200m (£121m) in the Spaceport America facility, for which Virgin Galactic is the anchor tenant; other commercial space companies also use the site. In February 2007, Virgin announced that they had
Space Coast Office of Tourism 1998, that figure had changed to $4 million over two years. Along with their role in attracting tourists through advertising, the office develops tourism programs, events and information campaigns. These have included a 12-day educational tour for students from India, a course on boating ecotourism through a partnership with the University of Florida Brevard County Extension Office, parades, and a "beach bus" promoting the region's coastline. Space Coast Office of Tourism The Space Coast Office of Tourism is the body responsible for the marketing of tourism operations in Brevard County, Florida. The office is funded through the tourism tax, which