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A second. you have beth moses right in the middle, the chief astronaut instructor at virgin galactic. shes going to be the lead test director in space. shes overseeing the safe execution of the test flight objectives here. as you mentioned, this is a test flight. this is still a test flight. this is not open to everybody. everybody on this flight has a reason for being there. >> reporter: thats absolutely right. and lets talk about -- you talked about when you get the boost, if you will. so, the...

And begins that rocket ride up and then back down. what is that sensation? there arent many people on earth who can speak to it and youre one of them. >> yeah. i think theyre going experience a lot of g-force with the acceleration. theyre going to be going really fast and get there really fast and then theyre going to go from being pushed back into their seat from the force to being weightless instandly -- instantly when the engine kicks off. thats exciting. it is the moment where they realize t...