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Space Tourism. The Unveiling of SpaceShipTwo And White Knight Two. Space Tourism Project. Funded by Richard Branson Designed by Burt Rutan Four Years in Progress 250 Tickets sold $200,000 each $50,000,000 from private parties. . Sir Richard Branson Born July 18, 1950.
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Space Tourism The Unveiling of SpaceShipTwo And White Knight Two
Space Tourism Project • Funded by Richard Branson • Designed by Burt Rutan • Four Years in Progress • 250 Tickets sold • $200,000 each $50,000,000 from private parties.
Sir Richard BransonBorn July 18, 1950 1964 – Student Magazine 1974 – Student Advisory Centre 1972 – Virgin Record Store 1990 – Knighted
Burt RutanBorn June 17, 1943Estacada, Oregon 1986 – Model 76 Voyager • 9days, 3min, 44sec 2004 – Winner of Ansari X-Prize ($10mil) • SpaceShipOne • Funded By Paul Allen of Microsoft
Jully 28th 2008 First “Rollout” in Mojave, California
White Knight Two “Eve” • Twin Fuselage • World's largest all-carbon-composite aircraft • 140’ Wingspan • Same as the Boeing B-29 Superfortress (WWII) • Carries SpaceShipTwo • 50,000 feet
SpaceShipTwo • Similar size to Corporate Gulfstream • Hybrid Rocket Used to Reach Space • House Two Pilots and 6 Passengers • 2.5 Hour Trip ~5 Minutes of Weightlessness • “Feathering" technique
Other Uses • Launch Small Satellites into Low Earth Orbit • Adapted to Fight Wildfires • Emergency Rescue Vehicle
Other Space Tourism Projects •Armadillo Aerospace • Benson Space Co. • Bigelow Aerospace • Blue Origin • Da Vinci Project • Explorer • Interorbital Systems • MastenSpace Systems • PlanetSpace • RocketplaneKistler • Starchaser • Space Adventures • SpaceX • Virgin Galactic • XCOR Aerospace
Sources • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25849434/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15291087 • http://www.virgingalactic.com/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887688/ • http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/23/601315.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan