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First Flight For SpaceShipTwo

Posted by timothy on from the next-time-do-it-from-l.a. dept.

mknewman writes "Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket plane took to the air for the first time this [Monday] morning from California's Mojave Air and Space Port. The craft, which has been christened the VSS Enterprise, remained firmly attached to its WhiteKnightTwo carrier airplane throughout the nearly three-hour test flight. It will take many months of further tests before SpaceShipTwo actually goes into outer space. Nevertheless, today's outing marks an important milestone along a path that could take paying passengers to the final frontier as early as 2011 or 2012."

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  1. Forget porn... by MyLongNickName · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... this kind of stuff give me REAL wood.

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