Click here to download part one of a series of podcasts that will in total make up the 45min interview Hyperbola had with Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn on 4 March 2009 in the company’s London offices. During this 8min 50s interview hear Whitehorn talk about how early customers influenced the spaceline’s plans, how accurate the 2002 Futron study was, why a commercial SpaceShipOne could have been possible but not preferable, where other space tourism projects went wrong in the past and more
AUDIO: Virgin Galactic president interview podcast
by Rob Coppinger | Mar 4, 2009 | Commercial human spaceflight, Personal spaceflight, Space Insurance, Space tourism, Spaceport, Suborbital, Virgin Galactic, White Knight | 0 comments
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