Pictured above is the "new" already in production SpaceShip Two by scaled composites and Burt Rutan. The new SOV (Sub-Orbital Vehicle) is already booking flights for its first "Commercial Flight" in early 2009. The new Ship will be released from the White Knight Two at 45,000 feet and from there the SpaceShip Two will ignite its rocket and shoot to well over 100km above the surface, which is zero gravity. Surprisingly the new SpaceShip Two will be called Virgin Galactic Enterprise! Not quite what Zefram Cochrane had in mind, but who knows where Virgin will take us next!
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2 comments:
That's a funny looking airplane/spaceship thing. Still, It's cool that the private sector is doing these things, the more they do, the less the socialist government will need to spend on space.
"the less socialist government will need to spend on space."
Amen to that.
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