Space Tourism Jet Unveiled
In California's Mojave Desert, British business tycoon Richard Branson has unveiled Virgin Galactica's first space tourism jet that will soon launch high-paying tourists into sub-orbit. The jet unveiled today will act as the base for a spacecraft to be released in mid-air set to transport two crew and six passengers on sub-orbital flights.
Virgin Galactica reports that more than 250 people have already paid the $200,000 fee to make the voyage. The first voyage will reportedly take place in 18 months, after undergoing rigorous flight testing.
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1 - Sir Richard Branson Times rich list ranking: 32 Worth: £1,200m Source of wealth: Virgin
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- News Source: The Globe and Mail | about 1 year agoDespite the hour, a disc jockey is playing pulsing club music in a private waiting area, a soundtrack that continues on board a Virgin America Airbus with "my other ride is a spaceship" emblazoned behind its nose. A 20-minute flight later, the jet...
- News Source: Press TV | about 1 year agoWhiteKnightTwo "Eve", which will be used for Branson's space tourism project, will act as the mothership for the SpaceShipTwo, releasing it 15,200m to launch two crewmembers and six passengers into space. Once separated from the white, four-engined...
- News Source: Epoch Times | about 1 year agoCalif.-Wealthy travelers may soon be carried on a suborbital voyage into space, propelled by a unique spacecraft that showcases a fusion between the space shuttle and a common airplane. British millionaire Richard Branson and the aerospace designer...
- News Source: Mumbai Mirror | about 1 year agoBritish tycoon Richard Branson unveiled a futuristic aircraft on Monday that will ferry tourists to the edge of the heavens as part of Virgin Galactic’s much-anticipated space program. WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) – billed as the world’s largest all-...
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- News Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | about 1 year agoVisionary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan and British billionaire Richard Branson yesterday rolled out a “mothership” aircraft that has the capacity of carrying their dreams of personal spaceflight for the masses. The giant plane is designed to...
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- Blog Source: larryfire.wordpress.comBritish tycoon Richard Branson unveiled a futuristic aircraft today that will ferry tourists to the edge of heaven as part of Virgin Galactic’s much-anticipated space program. The aircraft — WhiteKnightTwo — was rolled out for invited ...
- Blog Source: www.ballerride.comEarlier today, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, rolled out the new WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier aircraft for testing in the Mojave Desert this September. Designed to carry
- Blog Source: tastyblogsnack.comHere’s the interview with Richard Branson from the Virgin Galactic White Knight II launch in the Mojave a few weeks ago. I really want to go to space!
- Blog Source: www.tastyblogsnack.comHere's the interview with Richard Branson from the Virgin Galactic White Knight II launch in the Mojave a few weeks ago. I really want to go to space!
- Blog Source: www.astroengine.comof the Californian Mojave Desert. Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan proudly showed off the first... at today's historic rollout at the Mojave Air and Space Port instead: Branson and Rutan
- Blog Source: www.engadget.com'. Richard Branson and "other dignitaries" are preparing to officially launch the ship at the Mojave
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- Video Source: www.truveo.comSpace Tourism Ship DebutsVideo Source: www.truveo.comJuly 29, 2008—The first WhiteKnightTwo plane—designed to carry ...
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