Notice the windows in the roof.

After climbing for about an hour, slung beneath a (more or less) conventional aircraft, Space Ship 2 is released at around 50,000 feet. After release - with half the atmosphere below it - the rocket motor kicks in and it climbs to around 360,000 feet. That's about 33,000 feet above the Kármán line, where space is generally agreed to begin.

At maximum altitude you get "a few minutes" of floating around weightless and admiring the now-black sky above. Which is where the roof windows come in.

All this for only $200,000 a ticket. Book now!

Spaceport America before construction started

A peek at the dedication agenda - john d

WhiteKnight carrying SpaceShipOne to launch altitude. (That's a contrail, not rocket exhaust)

June 21 2004

Peter Diamandis listens to Richard Garriott's landing progress from his week in space.

LLC ontender...never saw it fly

Sundog

View from the dedication area - john d

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket explodes in mid-air during a test flight above the Mojave Desert in California October 31, 2014. Richard Branson has said that the space tourism enterprise will continue, despite the crash.

Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, said that...

www.ibusinesslines.com/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-crash...

Gov. Richardson and Steven Bennet of Starchaser

Path of Totality Blend

It seems like you can see everything from ancient history to next year as long as it flies. Sometimes you don't even have to turn your head.

Best Viewed On Black

2006 Space Elevator Contest- Light powered

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