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I'm all for Branson's efforts on this, my only issue is that it's not true orbital space flight. They have a long ways up to truly get out of the earth's grip.

Unfortunately, this model of spaceplane will probably always be relegated to "lower space" because it is super light-weight and would not be able to carry the heatshield required for orbital reentry.

I'm more excited about the inflatable Bigelow space habitat that is being tested in orbit at the moment. And I really wish that NASA would just adopt the Soyuz method of spaceflight. They are cheap, dependable and very rarely kill cosmonauts.