Virgin Galactic will build and test a new spacecraft by the end of the year.

Virgin Galactic, led by Richard Branson, was perhaps the first to start promoting the concept of space tourism. The company's engineers have created an excellent spacecraft, first the first model, and then the second, Space Ship Two. The tests went smoothly, but in the fall, for several reasons, the ship crashed, and one of the pilots died. Immediately after that, Branson announced that the company would definitely continue his business, and promised to be the first tourist aboard his ship.

Now the company Branson realizes what he said earlier: the construction of a new spacecraft continues. This was told the head of the Virgin Galactic George Whitesides . In this case, the ship will be improved, the developers will take into account the errors and shortcomings of the previous model.


The crash during the next test SpaceShipTwo
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Unfortunately, the results of the catastrophe investigation are still unknown, now this investigation is being carried out by the US National Transportation Safety Board. The standard term for studying problem situations with this council is about a year. And the results of the investigation will largely determine the development of space tourism in the near future. So far, some experts see the error of one of the pilots as the cause of the accident. As far as one can understand, the command was given to fold the wings , which is usually given during landing, and not during takeoff. As a result, the ship lost the course and crashed.

Virgin Galactic promises to test the new spacecraft before the end of this year. At the same time, the company has about 700 volunteers in reserve who would like to fly the Space Ship Two spacecraft.