The first passenger flights will take place after the spaceship has been tested and cleared by the U.S. government.
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Sir Richard meets with pilots Burt Rutan and Will Whitehorn
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In the hanger, SpaceShipTwo is attached to the mother ship, VMS Eve. On a typical flight VMS Eve will haul SpaceShipTwo over 50,000 above the Earth where it will drop the spacecraft. SpaceShipTwo will then fire its rocket engines to complete the voyage.
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