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First Image of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-see-what-i-see dept.

mtargettuk writes "First image of Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo structure: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is under construction at Scaled Composites in Mojave, California and Flightglobal has obtained what appears to be the first image of its cockpit section."

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  1. Re:Farmer Joe's Truck? by Thrakamazog · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was actually quite pleased to see it on the back of a plane old truck. Too many people think spaceflight is some magical unreal thing. The more we see it as part of our everyday life the more we expect it to be there. The more we expect it to be there the more likely it will be.

  2. Re:UH... by prestomation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are the mods all drunk? Who modded this informative?

    Well, maybe it is

  3. Re:Who knew? by Rei · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh, and by the way, please elaborate on the proven viability of SS2.

    For years, I was warning people that Scaled was playing fast and loose with safety. I wrote this in 2006 (and updated with the latter link in early 2007, before the accident):

    "Rutan, on the other hand, nearly killed his test pilot by launching in high wind shear conditions, and launching before resolving the cause of wild rolls at rocket ignition. With just a small handful of flights. On a task that is incredibly easy compared to reaching orbit. Some view the rocketplane tourism industry as a disaster waiting to happen."

    I would rather have been proven wrong.

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