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46,000. >> they have reached the cruising altitude. they're hitting a spot ahead of them. and the worry to our viewers, tom, if you look, that's the mothership "eve." those are the trails coming off the back and detached underneath the ship is "vss unity." i note how calm everybody looks. it looks like they're catching the shuttle from d.c. to la guardia. it's something to watch. [ laughter ] >> reporter: spectacular view. i just heard them say we're now -- we've gone through l-4. that means they've gone from the number 10 on the checklist down to 4. now seeking clearance for release. as you c...

This concept that when you're in space in the early days, it's not really all that much tourism just yet >>well, it's tourism sort of like you're going to an archaeological dig. >> right. >> you're still there. you're still excited to be a part of it. and i think that is the really an extra benefit is that it's not just looking out the window. it's also understanding what space as a platform can bring to us and being a part of that and being able to come back down and include that in your work. so i think there's a big part of this. >> peter, do they -- on this ship, you know, when you did the...

Pilot. that's what they train pilots all the time, fly the plane. do the mission in front of you right now. how do you feel right now, peter? in 1994, you set about to witness this day. how do you feel? >> so, i feel great. and i think that we've done enough testing on these ships that i expect safety. and i told richard, i'm happy to be his stand-in on this flight if he wanted me to. so we're going to be seeing like five different phases of flight. the first phase of flight right now the next 5 to 7 minutes, you're in the airplane, you feel like you're in airplane. you're basically climbing a...

New mexico spent a quarter of a billion dollars building this entire facility. there was nothing out here. they had to run sewage lines and electricity lines and water, as i understand it, they had to go into the wells underneath the ground because they believe this is the future. and so right now out there on the runway here, we have the "unity" space ship. it's right now mated to the mother ship "eve." and i mentioned in the last half hour it's named after richard branson's mother. by the way, she was 96 years old. she just died of covid in january. so he named the ship after her, and she wa...