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French designer Philippe Starck stands next to a scale model of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 at a news conference 28 September, 2006 in New York. Starck is among the team of designers on the project that is expected to take eight passengers into space. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

French designer Philippe Starck stands next to a  scale model of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 at a news conference 28 September, 2006 in New York. Starck is among the team of designers on the project that is expected to take eight passengers into space. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)