Sir Richard Branson, head of Virgin Galactic, unveiled a mock-up of SpaceShipTwo’s interior cabin in New York City yesterday; the spacecraft is three times the size of SpaceShipOne, the craft which won the Ansari X Prize two years ago.
Absolutely, utterly amazing. In less than two years, SpaceShipTwo will be built and ready to test, able to take passengers on suborbital flights a year after that. Amazing that we will see this final frontier opened up to regular people, not just astro/cosmo/taiko-nauts. And people can even trade in their frequent flyer miles for a flight...if they’ve got enough. One person already has.
People around the world will watch with eager enthusiasm the initial flight of this craft. I know I will. Click here for the special promotional video.