September 29, 2006

SpaceShipTwo Mockup at NextFest

Virgin to Make Astronaut Idol, Contact Music

"Virgin empire boss Sir Richard Branson is in negotiations with British television networks to launch a talent show for aspiring astronauts."

Editor's update: Images have been released. Here are a few of them: [1][2][3][4]

Virgin Galactic Unveils Fullscale Mock-up of SpaceShipTwo

Editor's note: Sir Richard Branson, Founder of the Virgin Group, will be on hand with his staff at Wired's NextFest in New York City on Thursday to unveil a full scale mockup of his SpaceShipTwo commercial suborbital spacecraft. SpaceShipTwo is being developed by Branson and Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites. A fleet of five vehicles is planned.


Posted by kcowing at September 29, 2006 9:00 AM

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