Space Ship Launch News Today

Launches like a traditional rocket. but the virgin galactic space craft as we saw in the video, it launches from underneath an airplane when it reaches a certain altitude. why the two different methods? what are the risks an benefits of each one? >> so the white knight two on virgin galactic is taking off like a plain. you have a vehicle underneath it launched when it gets to 50,000 feet and the engines from the space ship launch and get you to thigher altitude, which will give you -- it is sub ...