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05.17.08

Unveiled! Virgin Galactic's New Ride

A first look at the interior of the SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourist vehicle
By Eric Adams Posted 09.28.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Click 'View Photos' to look inside the cabin of SpaceShipTwo. And for an eye-popping video ride, scroll to the bottom of the page

Virgin Galactic today unveiled a mock-up of the slick, Philippe Starck–designed interior of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital tourist vehicle.

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It's a Rocket! It's a Plane! It's...Rocket Plane!

With its rocket-engine tail and fuel-packed fuselage, this modified business jet might be the first private craft to launch tourists into space
By Michael Belfiore Posted 08.01.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

Can't decide where to spend your fortune on a trip out of Earth's atmosphere? Check out our Tourist's Guide to Space.

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The Warp Drive

In a rush to flee the solar system? Scientists have an interstellar travel plan, but it entails a brief stint outside the known universe
By Gregory Mone Posted 05.01.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

What: A spacecraft that travels at faster-than-light speeds by distorting, or "warping," the fabric of spacetime. Instead of trying to move through space, the warp drive moves space itself. The ship sits inside a bubble of spacetime bound by a negative energy field that races across the cosmos.

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