Richard Branson Unveils 'Sexiest Spaceship Ever'

Commercial space travel just made a giant leap with the unveiling of SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's newest vessel and the world's first commercial spacecraft. Sir Richard Branson talks to Discovery News' Irene Klotz about his latest innovation.

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[cookiepwnsU]

ofc, the 'Sexiest Spaceship Ever' is a virgin.

[bellrockyin]

Must be nice to be filthy rich!!!!!!!!!!!!

[instinct09]

@KillWithFire12 actually no. normal people pass out at 5g's. thats 5 times their own weight.. for a normal person that would make them weigh close to half a tone.

[ZeRo2545]

They tried this in superman returns. It didn't work out so well.

[navydragon31]

and NASA seems to be going in reverse in there ship design here we have an independent company inventing a better ship This could be used for other things.

[BeakyRed]

sounds good, but i dread the thought of rich parents taking their kids into space for them to go "this is so boooring" after a few centuries

[KillWithFire12]

@instinct09 Fighter pilots are trained to handle 10 g's. So I think normal people could handle 5.

[mist8k]

so whens mega bus running this service?

[zwencore]

@bellrockyin dont be so negative this man richard is here for you beleve me that man wil acouplisch ,more then nasa das

[instinct09]

5g is no cake walk. its pretty much the limit of what the best fighter pilots can handle. most people pass out at 5g due to lack of blood to the brain.

[snowboardisfuun]

Awesome helmets reminds me Emeiles helmet in Halo Reach