Virgin Galactic completes second spaceship for tourists

Virgin Galactic built the second SpaceShipTwo much faster than its first spacecraft, it is notedJournalists.Now

The company is also engaged in the parallel assembly of the third spacecraft, which is still ready50%.

Ship construction takes place inVirgin Galactic headquarters in Mojave, California. To create a second ship, ready-made integrated systems are used, such as flight control technology, launch power and altitude adjustment, which allows you to speed up the process of creating the device.

So far, the company has not given a name to the second SpaceShipTwo. The first ship of this line is called VSS Unity, now Virgin Galactic is testing it for future flights.

During flights on SpaceShipTwo's touring spacecraft, passengers in the future will be able toto climb to a "cosmic height" – that is, about 90 km.Virgin Galactic's tourist ship is designed to carry up to six passengers, as well as two pilots.The cost of the flight for one person will be $250 thousand.