Claire. Posted April 29, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Virgin Galactic Aims to Fly Space Tourists in 2018, CEO Says Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is on track to begin commercial passenger spaceflights before the end of next year, the company's chief executive said. For years, Branson has been optimistically forecasting the start of rides aboard SpaceShipTwo, an air-launched suborbital spaceplane that is designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 62 miles (100 kilometers). During the suborbital hop, passengers will be able to experience a few minutes of microgravity and see the limb of Earth set against the blackness of space. Read more: Live Science 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted May 1, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Wow! I haven't been paying too close attention to the development, but I didn't realise the project was that close to going live. Especially after the test fatality a couple of years back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 1, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 1, 2017 8 hours ago, LV-426 said: Wow! I haven't been paying too close attention to the development, but I didn't realise the project was that close to going live. Especially after the test fatality a couple of years back. I would take Virgin's predictions of when they will start passenger flights with a little pinch of salt. They have been claiming that such flights will happen "within a year" since at least 2012. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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