Space Ship 1 News Today

Back and think about the long context of this, anderson. this began with the ansari x, 10 million prize in 2004. that was won by the team led by -- and the space ship 1. the successor aircraft or the predecessor aircraft for space ship 2. that prize is what brought us to this day. it took a hslot longer than we expected. you have to go back to -- and charles lindberg flying the atlantic. that was basically to win a prize, the $25,000 prize. at that time who could have predicted the global aviati...

The first nongovernmental organization to launch a reusable crude craft into sub orbital space twice within two weeks. many tried and failed. in 2004, this ship, the tier 1 project, made those two trips on a craft called "space ship 1." one of the sponsors was richard branson with a decades long interest in space. that same year he founded virgin galactic and pledged to bring ordinary people to space. at the time for as little as $200,000 per seat. branson believed virgin galactic could spur a g...

Moment. and everything is going to go great. it is also a validation to see richard branson who had dreamed of this for all of his life taking this flight today. its really exciting and a great validation of the best of the human spirit in terms of bravery and technological innovation. it is >> i want to just pop in to tom costello. he might be in front much a camera right now to tell us whats going on. we are seeing a great deal of activity at space port america at the galactic parliament of it...