Virgin’s Spaceship Survives Test Flight
After collecting roughly $45 million from aspirational space tourists, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is just in the testing phase. That's OK. At $200,000 a ticket, you don't want to skimp on safety. So how much to check a bag?
After collecting roughly $45 million from aspirational space tourists, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is just in the testing phase. That’s OK. At $200,000 a ticket, you don’t want to skimp on safety. So how much to check a bag?
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A suborbital spaceship owned by aspiring space tourism operator Virgin Galactic was airlifted into the skies over California’s Mojave Desert on Monday for its debut test flight.
The sleek, six-passenger ship, called VSS Enterprise, remained attached to its carrier aircraft throughout the two-hour, 54-minute flight.
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