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Space Tourism. The Unveiling of SpaceShipTwo And White Knight Two. Space Tourism Project. Funded by Richard Branson Designed by Burt Rutan Four Years in Progress 250 Tickets sold $200,000 each $50,000,000 from private parties. . Sir Richard Branson Born July 18, 1950. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Space TourismThe Unveiling of
SpaceShipTwoAnd
White Knight Two
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Space Tourism Project
• Funded by Richard Branson• Designed by Burt Rutan • Four Years in Progress• 250 Tickets sold
• $200,000 each $50,000,000 from private parties.
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Sir Richard BransonBorn July 18, 1950
1964 – Student Magazine 1974 – Student Advisory Centre 1972 – Virgin Record Store1990 – Knighted
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Burt Rutan Born June 17, 1943
Estacada, Oregon
1986 – Model 76 Voyager» 9days, 3min, 44sec
2004 – Winner of Ansari X-Prize ($10mil)» SpaceShipOne» Funded By Paul Allen of Microsoft
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Jully 28th 2008
First “Rollout” in Mojave, California
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White Knight Two “Eve”
• Twin Fuselage • World's largest all-carbon-composite aircraft• 140’ Wingspan
• Same as the Boeing B-29 Superfortress (WWII)
• Carries SpaceShipTwo– 50,000 feet
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SpaceShipTwo
• Similar size to Corporate Gulfstream • Hybrid Rocket Used to Reach Space• House Two Pilots and 6 Passengers• 2.5 Hour Trip
~5 Minutes of Weightlessness • “Feathering" technique
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Other Uses
• Launch Small Satellites into Low Earth Orbit• Adapted to Fight Wildfires• Emergency Rescue Vehicle
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Other Space Tourism Projects•Armadillo Aerospace• Benson Space Co.• Bigelow Aerospace• Blue Origin• Da Vinci Project• Explorer• Interorbital Systems• Masten Space Systems• PlanetSpace• Rocketplane Kistler• Starchaser• Space Adventures• SpaceX• Virgin Galactic• XCOR Aerospace
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Sources
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25849434/• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15291087• http://www.virgingalactic.com/• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887688/• http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/23/601315.aspx• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan