Passenger spaceship
December 9th 2009 06:03
Richard Branson unveiled the first commercial passenger spaceship, a sleek black-and-white vessel that represents an expensive gamble on creating a commercial space tourism industry.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (C), which is carried by a twin-hulled aircraft named Eve, is unveiled in Mojave, California December 7, 2009. Eve will carry SpaceShipTwo to an altitude of about 60,000 feet (18,288 meters) before releasing it. The spaceship will then fire its onboard rocket engines, climbing to about 65 miles (104 km) above Earth.
Credit: REUTERS/Phil McCarten
link to the other photos on this theme
| 41 |
| Vote |
subscribe to this blog
