Author Topic: SpaceShipTwo to be revealed (Read 25763 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 09/26/2006 06:54 pm »

Mistakes in the release.....

** World First in New York ** Virgin Galactic Unveil a Full-Sized Mock-Up Showing the Conceptual Interior of SpaceShipTwo Within the Concept of Scaled-Up Version of SpaceShipOne

WHEN: THURSDAY 28th SEPTEMBER
7.00AM - 9.30AM

WHERE: WIRED NEXTFEST FORUM
THE JAVITS CENTRE/ HALL 3B
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK
http://www.nextfest.net/

WHO: SIR RICHARD BRANSON, FOUNDER VIRGIN GROUP OF COMPANIES
WILL WHITEHORN, PRESIDENT VIRGIN GALACTIC
STEPHEN ATTENBOROUGH, HEAD OF ASTRONAUT RELATIONS
ALEX TAI, HEAD OF OPERATIONS

WHAT: 7.00AM - WELCOME BY SIR RICHARD BRANSON
7.15AM - FIRST VIEWING OF ANIMATION OF ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE
7.30AM - UNVEIL OF FULL SIZED MOCK-UP OF CONCEPTUAL INTERIOR OF
SPACESHIPTWO
7.45AM - UPDATE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN VIRGIN GALACTIC
8.00AM - INTRODUCTION OF VIRGIN GALACTIC'S NEWEST FOUNDER
ASTRONAUT
8.10AM - Q&A FOLLOWED BY ONE-TO-ONE INTERVIEWS FOR BROADCAST
MEDIA
9.00AM - ENDS

A FULL ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE DAY.

PHOTOGRAPHERS WELCOME.

EVENING EVENT:

6.00PM - SIR RICHARD BRANSON AND THE GALACTIC TEAM WILL HOST A DRINKS RECEPTION AT THE VIRGIN GALACTIC STAND (HALL 3B WIRED NEXTFEST) IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE MANY OF OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS, SPACE AGENTS AND OTHER VIP GUESTS -- WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF YOU WOULD JOIN US FOR A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE!

TO SECURE YOUR PLACE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE PLEASE CALL:
JACKIE MCQUILLAN VIRGIN GROUP
MOBILE: + 44 7905 309096
E-MAIL: [email protected]
http://www.virgingalactic.com/

PRNewswire -- Sept. 26

Source: Virgin Galactic

nacnud · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/28/2006 11:00 am »

Bump.

Is there any more info about this yet, it's supposed to start in 20 mins right?

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/28/2006 11:11 am »

Nothing.

If you search google news (which picks up nearly every news site in the world) you'll see the latest reference to SS2 was Sept 8, with only the press release above being shown past that.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #3 on:** 09/28/2006 11:37 am »

19 mins ago: BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5388482.stm - just a preview...nothing of interest.

James Lowe1 · « **Reply #4 on:** 09/28/2006 11:59 am »

Trying to get some images, but it looks like a long missile shaped ship, a stretched limo of SS1. (sending via blackberry, so I'll send more).

James Lowe1 · « **Reply #5 on:** 09/28/2006 12:00 pm »

Very large inside. Images of space tourists floating around like in the vomet comet.

James Lowe1 · « **Reply #6 on:** 09/28/2006 12:03 pm »

60ft compared to SS1's 28ft.

VSS Enterprise is the name.

nacnud · « **Reply #7 on:** 09/28/2006 12:45 pm »

Gizmodo has an article up

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/first-images-of-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-cabin-203802.php

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #8 on:** 09/28/2006 12:49 pm »

Yeah, some Hungarian blog site, with people who like to hug spaceships

Still, even though VG PAO actually reply to emails (which immediatly makes they better than NASA PAO), they've got the first images, so good for them.

nacnud · « **Reply #9 on:** 09/28/2006 01:11 pm »

And now flight,

Link

On and some site called nasaspaceflight as well

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4835

Justin Space · « **Reply #10 on:** 09/28/2006 01:15 pm »

Flight international really is turning into an irrelevant news source in recent years. They can't even get in focus pictures now too.

nacnud · « **Reply #11 on:** 09/28/2006 01:25 pm »

Well the flight pictures do look like camera phone images, they are also the only ones currently out there of the inside of the SS2 mockup.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #12 on:** 09/28/2006 01:37 pm »

Justin, something is always better than nothing, and given the lack of coverage in the media on this...well...

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #13 on:** 09/28/2006 01:38 pm »

Media area of the Virgin site now starting to upload stuff:

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #14 on:** 09/28/2006 01:39 pm »

bobthemonkey · « **Reply #15 on:** 09/28/2006 01:53 pm »

Sorry to be pedantic but "a Gulf Stream 4 Corporate Jet" should be "a Gulfstream IV Corporate Jet" accoding to the manufacturer - well actually its now called the Gulfstream G400 or Gulfstream G450

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #16 on:** 09/28/2006 01:54 pm »

Thanks, we'll change the article to be correct (we've included the press release notes too). More images to come.

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4835

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/28/2006 01:57 pm »

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/28/2006 01:57 pm »

nacnud · « **Reply #19 on:** 09/28/2006 02:11 pm »

Crap BBC report on the SS2 but the small section of CGI video is interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news_web/video/9012da680052928/bb/09012da6800529ea_16x9_bb.asx