Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceShipTwo, plans commercial space flights in 2011

We’ve been waiting an awful long time for this day to come, and now we’re doing our darndest to rush away 2010. Today, Sir Richard Branson officially took the wraps off of a spacecraft that we initially peeked back in June of 2008 : the SpaceShipTwo. Designed to hold six passengers and two pilots, this magnificent craft will reportedly be ready to ship wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011.

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Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceShipTwo, plans commercial space flights in 2011

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