NRM writes "Though its best known for pushing ahead with plans to take paying customers into space, kick-starting widespread space tourism, Richard Branson this week announced at the Farnborough International Airshow that the company is still firmly behind its small satellite launch system. And the billionaire-backed asteroid-mining company Planetary Resources might well be one of its earliest adopters..."
The new SpaceShipTwo took to the skies on September 8, 2016 for the first time. Performance at high altitude temperatures and air flow around Unity were tested during the flight.
The crash of a Virgin Galactic spaceship last year was caused by a catastrophic structural failure triggered when the co-pilot unlocked the craft’s braking system early, federal safety investigators said Tuesday.
Telegraph
The thousands who flocked to last week’s Farnborough Airshow were treated to spectacular evidence of humanity’s unending propensity to push back boundaries.
Hearts as well as eyes were lifted and imaginations set free during air displays which made the human spirit fly.
