Photos: Virgin goes Galactic for SpaceShipTwo

Â…a $200,000 price tag on zero gravity

By CNET News.com staff, 24 January 2008 12:06

Here's what Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will look like mounted on its 'mother ship', WhiteKnightTwo.

The WhiteKnightTwo aircraft, expected to be ready for test flights this summer, is a high-altitude aircraft that will fly SpaceShipTwo to the upper atmosphere. SpaceShipTwo will then "air launch" in a way that Virgin Galactic executives say will be more energy-efficient (carbon emissions per passenger are expected to be about 60 per cent of what they would be on a commercial flight from New York to London) and safer than a traditional ground launch.

Photo credit: Virgin Galactic

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  1. 1. anonymous

    Is is going to use the same Bio-fuels that are being sourced to power Virgin Atlantic Planes ??

    Virgin -Environmentally Hypocritical

    Personal Space travel for the insanely rich in incompatable with the environment and should be banned.

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