Last Friday, Virgin Galactic experienced a terrible tragedy as SpaceShipTwo crashed in the Mojave desert. The accident resulted in the death of a pilot and another with major injuries. For those who don't know, Virgin Galactic has been promising space tourism for quite a while now. It is one of those technologies that always seems to promise an availability date, but it … [Read more...] about Virgin Galactic’s Crash could set back the Space Tourism industry
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Virgin Galactic SS2 makes first successful test flight
What you are seeing is Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, or SS2, which completed its first test flight today. Sir Richard Branson is certainly pleased as can be, and the SS2 took off at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. A carrier craft known as WhiteKinightTwo towed it 47,000 feet into the atmosphere and then the rockets kicked in to go faster than the speed of … [Read more...] about Virgin Galactic SS2 makes first successful test flight