Message posted by noskcaJ (Member since 09/21/2022) on August 10, 2023 at 23:58:12 PST:
The Virgin Galactic is operated in a very similar way to a lot of X planes: dropped from a mothership and shoots up in the sky (probably the easiest way to get something high). What are the odds the Virgin Galactic spacecraft used some old air force/NASA designs or at least shares some features? The commercial rocket has a very similar design to some of the lifting body designs, specifically the cancelled X-20.
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