Branson unveils Virgin spaceship
Posted on Saturday, 30 September, 2006 | 1 comment
Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business. The Virgin spaceships are designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 140km on a sub-orbital space flight.Tickets on a Virgin Galactic flight are expected to cost £100,000 ($190,000). The mock-up of the spacecraft was unveiled at the Javits exhibition centre in New York on Thursday.
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#1 Posted by RollingThunder06 on 1 October, 2006, 10:44I would want a lot of test flights done on that one.
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