Virgin Galactic's SpaceShip2 Unveiled.
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jeriendhalAnd in the words of the wise Miss Kaylee it's shiny!
Perhaps wisely, VG looks like it's going for a two-tiered passenger system. The cheap seats on the two outer hulls of the White Knight 2 get a nice view of the curvature of the Earth at 50,000 ft. and perhaps a few seconds of "Vomit Comet" style weightlessness, while the first class passengers take the E-Ticket ride on SpaceShip2 up into space.
Perhaps wisely, VG looks like it's going for a two-tiered passenger system. The cheap seats on the two outer hulls of the White Knight 2 get a nice view of the curvature of the Earth at 50,000 ft. and perhaps a few seconds of "Vomit Comet" style weightlessness, while the first class passengers take the E-Ticket ride on SpaceShip2 up into space.
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Date: 2008-01-24 03:05 pm (UTC)Which makes it ripe for attacks by the Sontarans!
The Sontarans appear (well, *a* Sontaran appears) in the Doctor Who Season 4 trailer.
COINCIDENCE?????
I think not!
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Date: 2008-01-25 05:38 pm (UTC)