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World's First Manned Commercial
Spaceship Revealed
On a blustery December 7th 2009 history was made in the Mojave Desert
as aerospace partners Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites revealed the world's first commercial passenger space liner.
Those of us fortunate enough to attend were among a heady crowd that included the visionary aerospace engineer and system designer Burt Rutan, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, the entire Scaled Composites team, about 170 future astronauts with confirmed reservations ... and of course the Accredited Space Agents who are escorting these pioneering clients into a new era in tourism.
Also in attendance were Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Richardson, respectively of California and New Mexico. The two politicians jovially bantered over whose state should rate higher for its involvement in the future of commercial space travel. California is a well-known aerospace incubator and New Mexico is quickly gaining a space-friendly reputation via its newest public works project, Spaceport America, where Virgin Galactic departures will take flight.
The air was charged with excited anticipation. When the big reveal finally came, the 800-strong crowd erupted into thunderous applause on seeing the spaceship suspended from the mother ship, VMS Eve taxiing toward them.
With the resounding smash of two champagne bottles held by the two governors, she was christened VSS Enterprise.
Test flights of the carrier aircraft "White Knight 2" have been under way for nearly 12 months and flight-testing with the new spaceship will begin in the new year.
Contact me today to hear about this incredible milestone and to reserve your place in history.
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