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Virgin Galactic one step closer to space tourism

Virgin Galactic completed a successful test yesterday of its hybrid nitrous oxide motor that will propel space tourists into orbit. SpaceShipTwo will launch into orbit using these motors after reaching the upper atmosphere after detaching from the mother ship called Eve. picked by equinox 5 months ago

tags space tourism Virgin Richard Branson

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25	equinox

5 months ago

Explosiveness!

rocket motor test
side view
slow loading QT movie

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16	belvario

5 months ago

Minor point - it won't launch into orbit - SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital craft. Like SpaceShipOne, it is only capable of a simple parabolic flight, like John Glenn's first Mercury mission.

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25	equinox

5 months ago

« belvario : Minor point - it won't launch into orbit - SpaceShipTwo is a suborbital craft. Like SpaceShipOne, it is only capable of a simple parabolic flight, like John Glenn's first Mercury mission.

I didn't know. Thanks. Not minor, quite important.

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