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https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactic-unveils-mach-3-aircraft-design-for-high-speed-travel-and-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-rolls-ro

• ricardobeat 5y ago
  Yeah, that’s a completely different design for high speed travel in the atmosphere.
  • ausudhz 5y ago
    It doesn't mean anything, virgin galactic was initially developed with this in mind. Space travel for tourist is just a side effect. Space X and Blue Origin are design for space exploration
    • ricardobeat 5y ago
      Your original reply was to this, and I'm commenting in this context: > What are we talking about as far as going into space? This craft resembles a passenger plane more than a rocket. Whatever plans they may have for international flights, they seem unrelated to the craft we saw today - the proposed design in the article you linked is for a new "conventional" supersonic plane, not going to orbit and back à la Starship with SpaceShipTwo. Also, I thought Virgin Galactic was founded specifically with space tourism in mind, not transportation?