Virgin Galactic's new Spaceship 2 interior. Test flights begin next year, and passenger flights soon after that.
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October 04, 2006
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Not sure that I'd call this a spacecraft. Quoting the overview page from their site, which is found at
http://www.virgingalactic.com/overview/spaceships/
"In space it follows a purely ballistic trajectory, but here it can use small thrusters known as the reaction control system (RCS) which allow the pilots to maneuver the vehicle in space and provide a changing view for the passenger astronauts."
In other words, it's a spacecraft in much the same sense that a motorcycle that has just been jumped off of a ramp is an airplane, which is really what these "spacecraft" are: airplanes.
I like the idea of having commercial spaceflight, but this really isn't it.
Posted by: The Time Warp Cafe / Joseph Dunphy | July 21, 2011 at 11:27 PM