Just like Marty McFly, we go back in time and refer to our past coverage of Virgin Galactic’s ultra luxurious SpaceShipTwo. Hop in the Delorean and jump to today, where we get a glimpse of the current incarnation of this civilian space transportation vessel. All dressed up with a white fuselage and new black and blue vertical stabilizers, SpaceShipTwo is definitely looking ready for the ‘Enchantment Under the Sea Dance’.
White Knight Two – the plane that’ll bring SS2 up high enough to launch itself – is nearly finished and will begin testing later this year. While Virgin claims that construction on SpaceShipTwo is at about 60% completion, everything should be ready for commercial space flight in 2009. With a capacity of 8 passengers per flight, and price tag of $200,000 per person, you can bet only deserving folk such as Trump and Oprah will strap in. Last time I checked Captain Kirk wasn’t a millionaire, so perhaps the rest of us schmoes will get our chance to see the blue planet from above. In the meantime, we can at least drool over Virgin’s amazing Spaceport in New Mexico.
