1 / 10

Space Tourism

Space Tourism. The Unveiling of SpaceShipTwo And White Knight Two. Space Tourism Project. Funded by Richard Branson Designed by Burt Rutan Four Years in Progress 250 Tickets sold $200,000 each  $50,000,000 from private parties. . Sir Richard Branson Born July 18, 1950.

ion
Download Presentation

Space Tourism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Space Tourism The Unveiling of SpaceShipTwo And White Knight Two

  2. Space Tourism Project • Funded by Richard Branson • Designed by Burt Rutan • Four Years in Progress • 250 Tickets sold • $200,000 each  $50,000,000 from private parties.

  3. Sir Richard BransonBorn July 18, 1950 1964 – Student Magazine 1974 – Student Advisory Centre 1972 – Virgin Record Store 1990 – Knighted

  4. Burt RutanBorn June 17, 1943Estacada, Oregon 1986 – Model 76 Voyager • 9days, 3min, 44sec 2004 – Winner of Ansari X-Prize ($10mil) • SpaceShipOne • Funded By Paul Allen of Microsoft

  5. Jully 28th 2008 First “Rollout” in Mojave, California

  6. White Knight Two “Eve” • Twin Fuselage • World's largest all-carbon-composite aircraft • 140’ Wingspan • Same as the Boeing B-29 Superfortress (WWII) • Carries SpaceShipTwo • 50,000 feet

  7. SpaceShipTwo • Similar size to Corporate Gulfstream • Hybrid Rocket Used to Reach Space • House Two Pilots and 6 Passengers • 2.5 Hour Trip ~5 Minutes of Weightlessness • “Feathering" technique

  8. Other Uses • Launch Small Satellites into Low Earth Orbit • Adapted to Fight Wildfires • Emergency Rescue Vehicle

  9. Other Space Tourism Projects •Armadillo Aerospace • Benson Space Co. • Bigelow Aerospace • Blue Origin • Da Vinci Project • Explorer • Interorbital Systems • MastenSpace Systems • PlanetSpace • RocketplaneKistler • Starchaser • Space Adventures • SpaceX • Virgin Galactic • XCOR Aerospace

  10. Sources • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25849434/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15291087 • http://www.virgingalactic.com/ • http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25887688/ • http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/23/601315.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Rutan

More Related