Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Makes Stunning Leap Toward PrivateSpaceflight (Photo)

"A new private spaceship is one step closer to
flying its first passengers after acing a spectacular
test flight over the California desert last week.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo
successfully conducted its first "cold flow" flight
test above the Mojave Desert last Friday (April 12).
During the test, oxidizer was run through the
rocket's propulsion system and out the back nozzle
of the ship, though the vehicle's rocket engine was
not turned on."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/virgin-galacti...110219804.html

On 18/04/2013 12:24 PM, wrote:
"A new private spaceship is one step closer to
flying its first passengers after acing a spectacular
test flight over the California desert last week.

Virgin Galactic's suborbital SpaceShipTwo
successfully conducted its first "cold flow" flight
test above the Mojave Desert last Friday (April 12).
During the test, oxidizer was run through the
rocket's propulsion system and out the back nozzle
of the ship, though the vehicle's rocket engine was
not turned on."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/virgin-galacti...110219804.html


Shame it's just an aircraft that can make very brief sojourns above the
Kármán line, which is somewhat arbitrarily defined as the start of space.

Sylvia.

On 4/17/2013 10:24 PM, wrote:
A new private spaceship is one step closer to
flying its first passengers after acing a spectacular
test flight over the California desert last week.
That flight was obviously a great photo op, and it does arguably take
Virgin "one step closer" to carrying passengers to the edge of space,
but"Stunning Leap Toward Private Spaceflight"? I think even Virgin
would tell you that's just nonsense!