В США открылся первый в мире частный космопорт.

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Вот только в суборбитальный космический корабль аппарат, пмсм, не совсем вписывается, нужен хоть один виток вокруг Земли. Max на самолёт тянет, но не на корабль. ))

так, для затравки - кое-какие скриншоты с монитора Рутана, сделанные еще после полета SpaceShipOne

а вот и Брэнсон как бэ намекает на церемонии открытии космопорта
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2010/...ca-dedication/

Also during the press conference Branson was asked about orbital vehicle development. That is a long-term goal of the company, but Branson suggested they would try to find ways to accelerate it. ”Obviously we want to move on to orbital after we’ve got suborbital under our belts, and maybe even before that,” he said, then mentioned NASA’s commercial crew development program and its request for proposals in the coming months. ”Virgin Galactic is going to put forward proposals, and we plan to start work on an orbital program quite quickly.” Branson declined to provide any details on Virgin’s orbital vehicle plans, but said the company would say more in the next three to four months.