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Going For The Brass Ring
It's not a surprise, really, but Virgin Galactic has publicly announced that the next goal after a successful SpaceShipTwo commercial suborbital service is an orbital system. I wonder what the projected schedule is for first service, and if it will end up beating the CEV into space?
Posted by Rand Simberg at August 23, 2005 06:46 AM
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What a great story! If I win the lottery I'll be the first to fly. Rutan's a genius!! I checked out that website and found this about the new version of the Saturn V that's going to take us back to the Moon!!
Posted by Justin at August 23, 2005 07:12 AM
They'd better be working on it now. Winning Bigelow's prize, and more importantly, the resulting carrier contract, would be a massive feather in Branson's cap. For several years, there would be only one civilian space station, and only one spaceline offering service to it--with the Virgin logo plastered all over everything.
Posted by Big D at August 23, 2005 07:25 AM
They'd better be working on it now. Winning Bigelow's prize, and more importantly, the resulting carrier contract, would be a massive feather in Branson's cap. For several years, there would be only one civilian space station, and only one spaceline offering service to it--with the Virgin logo plastered all over everything.
Posted by Big D at August 23, 2005 07:26 AM
God, I hope so. Especially in light of the decision to go with an inline shuttle derived HLV.
Posted by Dan Schrimpsher: Space Pragmatism Blogger at August 23, 2005 08:03 AM
I imagine SpaceShip3 would look a lot like the T/Space CXV proposal.
Posted by Cecil Trotter at August 23, 2005 08:50 AM
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