WhiteKnightTwo , which will shuttle SpaceShipTwo into suborbital blank space , is about to be unveil in the Mojave desert . I believe that ’s SpaceShipTwo under the humeral veil . Update : More photo of WhiteKnightTwo below . Interview with a spaceship pilot .
https://gizmodo.com/interview-virgin-galactic-pilot-space-pilot-5030019
Actually it ’s a flight simulator for pilot training . Virgin America pilots will be trained to flyVirgin Galacticflights , which makes them the golden commercial-grade pilots in the land .
Before the ship tramp out , I might as well scribe a few of the inside information we find out earlier .
• WhiteKnightTwo is completely carbon fiber composite , save for the engines and landing gear wheel .
• We were flown out from LAX on a new Virgin America plane called , “ My other ride is a starship ”
• Virgin American is 30 % more fuel effective than other domestic airlines .
• Virgin America is giving away a ride onVirgin Galacticto one of its customers in a competition address “ The Race for distance ”
Bob Morgan , Lead railroad engineer at Scaled Composites , is speaking now .
He ’s said that the vehicle is threefold the weight but has capacity for 12 more passengers . The carpenter’s plane ’s cabling system is also carbon copy fiber .
They ’re reveal it now .
Burt and Sir Richard are doing a Q&A now …
• WhiteKnight and SpaceShipTwo can launch higher in altitude than the first ships , but the SpaceShip ca n’t catch enough atmospheric state any high than the previous launch head , so ca n’t go as high this way . So they drop the SpaceShip payload at the same altitude .
• As far as base go , after New Mexico , they ’ll open up a spaceport in Sweden , and they ’re mouth to Spain and the Far East .
• Who can go on this ? Because its suborbital , we can make the flight only 2 - 3Gs rather of 5Gs and so older people like Sir Richard ’s parent , Stephen Hawking and others are going to try going .
• solid food ? Their solution is not feeding you at all . likely for vomitus concerns .
• The wingspread has no seams , its one piece point to crest . Composites do n’t bolt together well , so they do n’t apply them .
• This is about seeing the curvature and beauty of the ground and get lightness .
• 270 people are signed up and many have lead off training in extractor to resist G forces .
More Facts :
• The first ships will be called “ Spirit of Steve Fosset ” after Sir Richard ’s friend and his female parent , “ Eve ”
• SpaceShipTwo is 60 % done .
• Similar expression and excogitation to SS1
• Will carry six Passengers and two pilots ; could persuade 11 , but Sir Richard only wants to deal window seats .
• Whole fuselage used for rider cabin
• Reclining prat to max cabin outer space in zero thou and re - entry .
• SpaceShipTwo can do 6Gs front to back , and 3.8Gs lead to toe .
• Zero chiliad WILL be out of seat . I hope they have tethers .
• WhiteKnightTwo can ferry SS2 glide to coast in the US .
• hug the WhiteKnightTwo is emotionally satisfying , but the hull taste dust-covered .
• The port cabin is a mockup with painted windows .
[ Giz at Virgin Galactic Launch ]
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