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http://www.space.com/20870-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-rocket-test-flight.html http://www.space.com/20870-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-rock... They hit mach 1
by stonemetal 14y ago
http://www.space.com/20870-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-rocket-test-flight.html http://www.space.com/20870-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-rock...
They hit mach 1.2 and climbed about 10K feet under their own power(46 to 56 thousand feet). So yeah a little underwhelming in what was accomplished. However it was the first test flight of the whole package so it is unsurprising they kept the goals modest.