The Space Fellowship is reporting that Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, which will likely be the first privately owned and developed passenger spacecraft, had a successful maiden flight today.
While this piece of news isn’t that “big,” it’s still unspeakably awesome. That ungainly-looking thing (well, it’s just the wing that’s ungainly-looking; the rest is pretty sleek and looks vaguely aquatic) is going to carry people into space. And given the demand for tickets to ride in it, other companies will ramp up efforts to get in on the deal. At which point Virgin, Scaled Composites &c. will have to make an orbital craft.
You can see where this is headed…
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