Briefs: First lunar prize team; SpaceShipTwo in 2009
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This space tourism feature article quotes Will Whitehorn of Virgin Galactic as saying they are "three quarters of the way through the construction of the spaceship system" and it will be unveiled "in the first half of 2009". Test flights would occur during the rest of that year and then passenger service would start in 2010: Space tripping: Out-of-this-world adventures - msnbc.com. I had heard that the White Knight 2 would roll out early next year. I supposed that would still be consistent with Whitehorn's statements if the SS2 doesn't come out until 2009.


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