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The spacecraft itself, inside the capsule, things that they had to do, checks that they had to do. that's not happening in this capsule. >> no, they're sitting back and taking it all in. there are no switches to throw or checklists to worry about. they did check their communication, as you heard. you want to make sure you can talk to each other and talk to the ground if there is any sort of issue. but this is all about being a passenger. it does raise that question, do you categorize them technically as astronauts, given the fact they really have no active role in controlling the craft, or are...

Prize was space ship one. then they developed it into space ship two. the way this works is that entire spacecraft is actually three spacecraft. three aircraft. it's two fuselages over one single spacecraft. so the spacecraft itself, vss "unity" is the thing in the middle that will detach from it once it gets up there. it's not really three. it's two spacecraft, two aircraft really. the big thing that takes it up is called the mother ship. that's called "eve" named after richard branson's mother who passed away. tom costello is watching this from the ground at space port america. tom, temperat...