Summary:
Marketplace Middle East's (MME) Ayman Mohannadi looks at the Middle East's growing aerospace industry and the private space company, Virgin Galactic.

Full article:
(CNN) -- IN FOCUS: Abu Dhabi's aerospace ambitions . The Middle East is fast becoming a major hub for air travel and aviation technology. Recently the world's leading aircraft companies gathered in Abu Dhabi for the Global Aerospace Summit. At the summit, Strata, a division of Abu Dhabi's development fund, Mubadala, unveiled a $1 billion deal with Boeing to build airplane parts of carbon composite. MME spends a day on the factory floor. FACETIME: George Whitesides, President & CEO, Virgin Galactic . This week marked the final voyage of the space shuttle and it was to a museum. The United States retired its space shuttles last year due to a lack of funding. Now, the private sector has stepped into space exploration. Virgin Galactic was one of the first and for a price tag of $200,000, you could be on your way to space. MME sits down with the man behind the out-of-this-world experience, George Whitesides. Marketplace Middle East airs weekly at the following times (all GMT): . Thursdays: 1545, . Fridays: 0845, . Saturdays: 0615, . Sundays: 0515, 1545 .