Virgin Galactic's Delta Spaceship Is 'Start Of A Spaceline Design'
Virgin Galactic has unveiled its Delta spaceship. It is designed to fly more frequently than its predecessor with more passengers.
Credit: Virgin Galactic
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00:00At Virgin Galactic, we've made incredible strides forward.
00:13Our Spaceship Unity proved itself, completing six spaceflights in six months, creating 19
00:20new astronauts.
00:21A launch rate never seen before in the history of human spaceflight.
00:30And we're just getting started.
00:43Introducing the design of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spaceship.
00:52Delta is a next-generation design, with each vehicle creating thousands of astronauts in
00:57its lifecycle, broadening the opportunity of space travel from the few to the many.
01:12Delta-class spaceships will upgrade our number of passengers from four to six, and will harness
01:17the supersonic might of the world's most powerful hybrid rocket system.
01:24Delta-class spaceships are designed in subcomponents and built using state-of-the-art aerospace
01:29development practices, enabling a far more efficient and rapid build.
01:35A new design brings new efficiency to get us back in the air faster between flights.
01:41Spaceship Unity is limited to fly once a month, whereas Delta spaceships will be able
01:45to fly twice a week, over eight times more efficiently.
01:51Manufacturing spaceships in this way allows multiple vehicles to be made.
01:57With each spaceport around the world having up to five ships in their fleet, Virgin Galactic's
02:01Delta-class vehicle isn't just a spaceship, it's the start of a space line.
02:11NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology