Worlds first passenger spacecraft - VSS Enterprise

Captain Awesome · 12-08-2009, 05:23 AM

Plans to send thousands of space tourists into orbit have taken a giant leap forward, with Sir Richard Branson unveiling the world's first commercial passenger shuttle. The British billionaire teamed up with renowned aviation designer Burt Rutan to build the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, which could be venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere as early 2011.

It is believed that some 300 clients have already paid the 200,000 dollar (£121,500) ticket or put down a deposit for a seat.

thoughts? opinions?

Anyone think this thing will ever leave the ground?

12-08-2009, 05:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	Worlds first passenger spacecraft - VSS Enterprise Plans to send thousands of space tourists into orbit have taken a giant leap forward, with Sir Richard Branson unveiling the world's first commercial passenger shuttle. The British billionaire teamed up with renowned aviation designer Burt Rutan to build the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, which could be venturing beyond Earth's atmosphere as early 2011. It is believed that some 300 clients have already paid the 200,000 dollar (£121,500) ticket or put down a deposit for a seat. thoughts? opinions? Anyone think this thing will ever leave the ground? __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"