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second time, on October 4th 2004, it won the $10m Ansari X Prize. ense the technology for SpaceShipOne and White Knight. secretive that it will not even answer questions about its logo.But Virgin Galactic has passed an important milestone. Museum of Natural History in New York, on January 23rd, the company unveiled the design of its new generation of vehicles, and said that the first examples had almost been finished at Mr Rutan's factory. itself can start towards the end of the year.Fly me to the moonThe combination of a carrier aircraft and a spaceship to get into space is akin to building a two-stage rocket. essence, vastly improved and much cheaper versions of the X-15 rocket plane that set speed and altitude records in the early 1960s and the B-52 bomber that carried the rocket plane under its wing. ause the Space Race between America and Russia emphasised speed over cost, and rockets were proven technology, having already been developed as intercontinental ballistic missiles. itself is light because its engines breathe air. nose than its prototype and more windows. assengers will experience five minutes or so of weightlessness before flying back to receive their astronauts' wings. hese are used when the craft reconfigures itself for re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. ause it contains both liquid and solid propellants. hese rockets can be cheaper to develop and operate, and the fuel is safer to store than in purely liquid-fuelled ones. insertion of a flexible glass-fibre section into its composite structure. hese changes mean that when SpaceShipTwo does begin flight tests, the programme will last at least a year before paying customers can take to the skies.Work will also begin soon on fitting out another factory to start making more of these craft. ause it is able to take not just people into space, but other payloads too. hose other things will be is still unclear, but satellites are a possibility. resently only partly served by the Pegasus rocket, which is launched at high altitude by a commercial jet aircraft. hese can be sent up by all sorts of organisations, including universities for research projects. mises a lot more scope to find a good “launch window” to get the spacecraft into orbit. ause they avoid igniting rockets in the lower atmosphere. used to launch hypersonic vehicles, which can dash from one side of the world to the other in a few hours. noses into space in the way that White Knight Two will. secret of their desire to see later generations of carrier aircraft and rocketry that can put people into orbit. eased its 40% stake in Scaled Composites to 100%. used for space tourism, with the rest used for satellites and other payloads.As the new generation of craft emerges, so will new ideas about their capabilities and potential. use of the vehicle will ultimately come with lifting payloads and satellites into space. Property Exclusive NYC condo for sale Exclusive New York City condo Luxury Time Warner Center, midtown Manhattan 2 bed, ....