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Rutan did provide a glimpse of what the SpaceShipTwo system will be like. The aircraft, White Knight Two, will have the wingspan of a B-29 (43 meters) and be powered by four jet engines; a single aircraft could carry out four launches in a day.
Each SpaceShipTwo vehicle will be capable of two flights a day. Rutan did state at one point that SS2 will look “a lot different†from SS1, with a low wing instead of a high wing “because we had way too much dihedral effect, which gave us stability control problems on boost.â€
“We hope to build at least 50 spaceships,†he said, “and we believe that at the direct operating costs that they will be operating under, ticket prices will come down to the level where millions of people can afford to do this.â€
Each SpaceShipTwo vehicle will be capable of two flights a day. Rutan did state at one point that SS2 will look “a lot different†from SS1, with a low wing instead of a high wing “because we had way too much dihedral effect, which gave us stability control problems on boost.â€
“We hope to build at least 50 spaceships,†he said, “and we believe that at the direct operating costs that they will be operating under, ticket prices will come down to the level where millions of people can afford to do this.â€
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