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Branson's Virgin Galactic moves to return to space race
Virgin Galactic unveil their second version of SpaceShipTwo in California, following a deadly accident 16 months ago. Richard Burr a future passenger spoke to us.
Virgin Galactic unveil their second version of SpaceShipTwo at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California, following a deadly accident 16 months ago.
Richard Burr, who signed up to be one of the first on Richard Branson’s SpaceShipTwo and Dr Peter Hollingsworth, lecturer of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Manchester spoke on the programme about the new possibilities of space tourism.
(Picture: Richard Branson in front of the first SpaceShipTwo. Credit: AP)
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