SpaceShipTwo

Concept art of SpaceShipTwo in flight.

What you see above is no longer just a concept:

SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise), as unveiled on December 7, 2009

All I can say is the future of suborbital space travel is exciting and beautiful.

Edit, later that same day: adding a few more photographs courtesy of collectSPACE:

WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. Credit: Robert Pearlman/collectSPACE.com

SpaceShipTwo/VSS Enterprise. Credit: Robert Pearlman/collectSPACE.com

Galactic Girl (based on Eve Branson.) Credit: Robert Pearlman/collectSPACE.com

Cosmic Log has a nice recap of last night’s unveiling, and a great quote to go along with that last photo:

VSS Enterprise is emblazoned with an image of “Galactic Girl,” a mascot who is modeled after Branson’s mother as she looked in the 1940s, but floating in zero-G. The painting was done by one of her grandsons, Ned Rocknroll.

While we were there, Eve Branson, who admits to being near her 90s, stopped by to look at her likeness. “These are your belly-dancing days,” Richard Branson joked.

“Could have made the boobs a little bit bigger,” his mother said, grinning all the while.

“Never satisfied, never satisfied,” the son replied.

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