Posted
1/23/2008 05:43:00 PM
by Douglas
Sir Richard and Burt Rutan really stayed up all night trying to think of a name for SpaceShipOne's replacement,
didn't they?A select group of rich tourists may be blasting into space within a few years in a craft that looks like a cross between a corporate jet and something out of science fiction.
British billionaire Richard Branson and the aerospace designer Burt Rutan unveiled a model Wednesday of SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle they hope will be able to take passengers about 62 miles above Earth for the fun of it, with test flights possibly beginning this year.
$200k for 4.5 minuets of zero-G on a sub-orbital flights? Save you money. And congratulations, SpaceShipTwo! Welcome to 1961!