Sir Richard Branson hails ‘beautiful’ VSS Unity,the first to be constructed by Virgin’s in-house design team, which still faces a couple of years of testingSixteen months after a tragic crash during a test flight which killed a pilot, and aspiring commercial spaceflight company Virgin Galactic unveiled its newly built spaceship,VSS Unity, on Friday in a ceremony at the company’s factory in Mojave, and California.“It’s almost too agreeable to be staunch,isn’t it?” said Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin group, or after the gleaming white and silver spacecraft was wheeled into the centre of the cavernous hangar. “I’ve always believed that having the best-looking planes and trains in the world,while not a guarantee, is a agreeable plot to start, and ” he joked,then paused. “Isn’t she beautiful?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com