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Virgin Galactic To Unveil New Version of SpaceShipTwo (wired.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the space-travel dept.

New submitter Asep Saepuloh writes: Today, Virgin Galactic will unveil SpaceShipTwo, a vehicle the company hopes will one day take tourists to the edge of space. Just over a year since a test pilot was killed in a crash, Sir Richard Branson's reveal of the newest craft is set to happen in California late Friday at California's Mojave Air and Space Port, where it was assembled. The team behind the latest suborbital spaceplane includes leaders from NASA's mission control and astronaut corps, the militaries from three nations and from high-profile personnel from the aviation and transport industries. Virgin Galactic said: "We've charged them with developing a plan to safely test and operate a reusable spacecraft." The company claims that they have "done their homework" and hope that this time their journey into space can be a success.

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  1. CNN ad-blocker friendly link by OzPeter · · Score: 5, Informative

    So the wired link doesn't like my ad-blocker. So I said to myself "screw them" and went and found another link.

    Virgin Galactic to unveil new spaceship

    Yes it does have horrible auto play video that comes with an ad at the start, but I'd rather sit through that than be treated like Wired treats me.

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  2. Can't read the article by Punko · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sorry, Wired.

    My adblocker is here to stay and I'm not whitelisting you. Nor are you worth $1 per month. Get proper adds and we'll see about whitelisting you.

    anyone have a link to the story that doesn't flow through Wired ?

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