At the Airventure 2009 air show, Sir Richard Branson, flew Virgin Gallactic's mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo aka VMS Eve, for the first time. The plane is designed to launch a spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, into space - 50,000 miles above the Earth. For more, read Larry Dignan's blog.
Credit: credit Mark Greenburg, Virgin Gallactic
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- I think they mean 50 miles
- Definition of the edge of space is debatable, but most place it at about 300,000 ft, which is about 49.4 Nautical miles (1Nmi = 6076 ft)!... (Read the rest)
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Miles?
Malcdean | 07/29/09
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miles/feet...details..
ColdFusion_z | 07/29/09
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I think they mean 50 miles
3dguru | 08/01/09
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razooli | 07/29/09
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Techknowledgie | 07/29/09
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If it could get to 50,000 miles up on a single tank...
Ad Astra | 07/29/09
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