In October 2004, Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize when their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight--the first private organization to do so. Now, eight and a half years later, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, achieved supersonic speeds after its pilots successfully fired the rockets at 47,000 feet. The video speaks for itself.
Spectacular Video Of First Virgin Galactic Rocket Test Going Supersonic Ten Miles High
Singularity Hub - 1 May 2013 19:49
In October 2004, Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites claimed the $10 million Ansari X Prize when their spacecraft SpaceShipOne achieved suborbital flight--the first private organization to do so. Now, eight and a half years later, the commercial version of SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, achieved supersonic speeds after its pilots successfully fired the rockets at 47,000 feet. The video speaks for itself.
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