Virgin Galactic one step closer to space tourism Posted: 6 months ago by equinox
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.
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Posted: 6 months ago by equinox:
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Posted: 6 months ago by 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.
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Posted: 6 months ago by equinox:
« 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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