Tvrtka Virgin Galactic u ponedjeljak u tvornici Scaled Composites u gradu Mojave u Kaliforniji predstavila je svoj SpaceShip Two (SS2), suborbitalnu svemirsku letjelicu koja bi nakon testiranja i dobivanja potrebnih dozvola trebala otvoriti novu eru svemirskog turizma
SS2, izgrađen od karbonskih vlakana i kompozitnih materijala, nasljednik je Virginovog prvijenca SpaceShipOne, prve privatno financirane svemirske letjelice s jednim pilotom koja je 2004. godine uspjeÅ¡no izvela suborbitalni svemirski let, osvojivÅ¡i nagradu Ansari X, vrijednu 10 milijuna dolara.
Kod suborbitalnog svemirskog leta, letjelica dosegne visinu od 100 kilometara iznad razine mora, bez preleta pune orbite oko Zemlje.
Projekt SpaceShipOne, u koji je uloženo viÅ¡e od 100 milijuna dolara, vodio je veteran dizajna svemirskih letjelica Burt Rutan, zajedno sa svojim timom u tvrki Scaled Composites, a financirao ga je suosnivač Microsofta Paul Allen.
SpaceShipTwo imat će Å¡est putnika-astronauta i dva pilota-astronauta, a ovaj pothvat financira britanski milijarder i avanturist, sir Richard Branson.
'Želimo da ovaj program pokrene novu eru u sferi komercijalnih letova svemirom', rekao je Branson na predstavljanju letjelice dodajući da će on, zajedno s Burtom Rutanom, biti jedan od prvih svemirskih turista.
Nakon programa probnih letova i pribave potrebnih dozvola od američke vlade, SS2 trebao bi svakodnevno polijetati u svemir sa uzletiÅ¡ta Spaceport America u Novom Meksiku, nudeći tisućama potencijalnih svemirskih turista neponovljivo iskustvo.
Prema najavama na web stranici Virgin Galactica, turisti-astronauti imat će trodnevne priprema za let, a na putovanju će imati posebno svemirsko odijelo s kacigom. Na visini od 100 kilometara iznad razine mora moći će uživati u spektakularnim pogledima na Zemlju i iskusiti bestežinsko stanje u kabini svemirske letjelice.
Cijena svemirskog leta s Virgin Galacticom bit će 200.000 dolara (984.000 kuna), a već je rezervirano oko 250 karata.
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The company Virgin Galactic on Monday at Scaled Composites factory in Mojave, California, presented his Spaceship Two (SS2), suborbitalnu spacecraft that would test and after obtaining the necessary permits needed to open a new era of space tourism
SS2, built from carbon fiber and composite materials, the successor to Virginovog debut SpaceShipOne, the first privately funded spacecraft with a pilot who in 2004. was successfully performed suborbitalni space flight, winning the Ansari X Prize, worth $ 10 million.
When suborbitalnog space flight, the aircraft reached an altitude of 100 kilometers above sea level, without a flight full orbit around the Earth.
SpaceShipOne project, which has invested more than $ 100 million, led by the veteran spacecraft design, Burt Rutan, with his team at Scaled Composites company in, and financed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
SpaceShipTwo will have six passengers and two-astronaut-pilot astronauts, and this project is funded by British billionaire and adventurer, Sir Richard Branson.
'We want this program starts a new era in the field of commercial space flight, "Branson said at the presentation of aircraft, adding that he, along with Burt Rutanom be one of the first space tourists.
After the test flight program and obtain the necessary permits from the U.S. government, SS2 should daily take off into space from Spaceport America airfield in New Mexico, offering thousands of potential space tourists unique experience.
According to an announcement on the Virgin Galactic site, tourist-astronauts will have three days preparing for flight, and travel will be especially suits with a helmet. At an altitude of 100 kilometers above the sea level will enjoy spectacular views of the Earth and experience weightlessness in the cabin of spacecraft.
Price space flight with Virgin Galactic will be $ 200,000 (984,000 thousand), and has already booked about 250 tickets.
