Space enthusiasts, take note: Your chance to travel by rocket may be closer than you think. NASA and Virgin Galactic on Tuesday agreed to explore collaborations aimed at making commercial space travel a widespread reality. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, will explore possible collaborations in several areas including space suits, heat shields for spaceships, hybrid rocket motors and hypersonic vehicles capable of traveling five or more times the speed of sound.
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NASA, Virgin Galactic May Fly Us to the Moon
Posted by: Katherine Noyes February 22, 2007 10:52 AMSpace enthusiasts, take note: Your chance to travel by rocket may be closer than you think. NASA and Virgin Galactic on Tuesday agreed to explore collaborations aimed at making commercial space travel a widespread reality. NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley and Virgin Galactic, a subsidiary of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, will explore possible collaborations in several areas including space suits, heat shields for spaceships, hybrid rocket motors and hypersonic vehicles capable of traveling five or more times the speed of sound.