Commenting on the 71,000 feet altitude reached by Virgin Galactic’s third supersonic flight, Richard Branson expressed his joy. ‘…I couldn’t be happier to start the New Year with all the pieces visibly in place for the start of full space flights.’ Speaking enthusiastically about the plans for the coming year, Mr Branson said ‘…2014 will be the year when we will finally put our beautiful spaceship in her natural environment of space.’
After dozens of successful subsonic test flights, Virgin Galactic tested the supersonic, rocket-powered flight. CEO for Virgin Galactic, George Whitesides said ‘…today’s flight was another resounding success.’ Mr Whitesides said ‘…we focused on gathering more transonic and supersonic data, and our chief pilot, Dave, handled the vehicle beautifully. With each flight test, we are progressively closer to our target of starting commercial service in 2014.’
With progress being made as I type, you could soon be booking your all inclusive packages to outer space! (If you have $250,000 that is.)
Branson’s Third Virgin Galactic Flight Breaks Altitude Record
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