Comparison of SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo

By | December 10, 2009
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SpaceShipTwo is more than twice the size of the original, x-prize-winning SpaceShipOne.

  • Doug Dante

    Look at that monster!

    Reconfigure it to replace the passengers with fuel and I wonder if it could make Low Earth Orbit with 1-2 people on board.

  • http://www.blog.speculist Stephen Gordon

    It also emphasizes how small SpaceShipOne is.

    SS2 is the size of a small business jet. SS1 is roughly the size of the standard pickup truck that taxied it back to the hanger.

    Not the way NASA gets to space, but I guess that’s part of the point of all this.