Comments on: 2008: “Year of the Spaceship” http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Rand Simberg http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-221978 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:26:05 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/#comment-221978 I wonder what they’re using for SS2 propulsion…

]]> By: Peter http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-220819 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:16:45 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/#comment-220819 Exciting stuff!!! Can’t wait to see it! I’ll bet they’re further along with the fabrication of the two vehicles than Burt will let Virgin admit though.

But yeah, I think 2008 will be “the Year of the Spaceship”

]]> By: Chance http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/comment-page-1/#comment-220562 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:13:49 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/12/07/2008-year-of-the-spaceship/#comment-220562 How many months of testing will be needed before the ships are ready for paying customers? I’m thinking that 2009 would be a more likely year to deserve this “year of the spaceship” name. Even if Virgin launches a few late in 2008, 2009 will show once and for all the economic viability of personal space flight.

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