BBCNEWS Click June 4, 2024 12:33:00
In its former life, this cabin would have been filled with rows and rows of passenger seats, as well as galleys and bulkheads. they even used to have a bar on these aircraft. all of that has been stripped out to save weight — and weight saving is really, really important if you want to launch rockets. squadron leader matthew "stanny" stannard is on loan to virgin orbit from the royal air force. he's already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desert in the united states. can you take us through a mission, how it works? we're going to get airborn...
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