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Virgin Galactic teams with NASA

Published on 22 Mar 2007 at 12:30 am. 2 Comments.
Filed under Exploration, Inventions.

Virgin Galactic is teaming with NASA Ames Research Center to develop hypersonic aircraft for space tourism.  To be hypersonic, an aircraft needs to sustain speeds faster tha 5 times the speed of sound.  This is around 3000 miles per hour!
Virgin Galatic is well-poised for such a feat as they have exclusive rights to develop the […]

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