Virgin Galactic Ready To Unveil SpaceShipTwo

December 7th, 2009 admin

After more than five years of waiting, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo is ready to be unveiled to the public tonight at a ceremony in the Mojave desert. Following on the success of SpaceShipOne in 2004, the six passenger SpaceShipTwo already has a backlog of more than 300 passengers who are waiting for their ride into space. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan  and a host of VIPs are gathered at a hangar at Scaled Composites in Mojave where SpaceShipTwo is set to have the covers…


Originally posted on Wired

 
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