The Spaceship Company formed....

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The Spaceship Company formed....

27 July 2005, 12:59

and is co-owned by Burt Rutan's Scaled Compsites and Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic;

Richard Branson and Burt Rutan Form Spacecraft Building Company

http://www.space.com/news/050727_branson_rutan.html

British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has teamed up with aerospace designer, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites to form a new aerospace production company. The new firm will build a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft.

Called The Spaceship Company, the new entity will manufacture launch aircraft, various spacecraft and support equipment and market those products to spaceliner operators. Clients include launch customer, Virgin Galacticâ€”formed by Branson to handle space tourist flights.

The Spaceship Company is jointly owned by Bransonâ€™s Virgin Group and Scaled Composites of Mojave, California. Scaled will be contracted for research and development testing and certification of a 9-person SpaceShipTwo (SS2) design, and a White Knight Two (WK2) mothership to be called Eve. Rutan will head up the technical development team for the SS2/WK2 combination.

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