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Virgin brings quasi-astronauts one step closer to space
It’s not a bird, or a plane -- it’s a carbon-composite sub-orbital vehicle!
Once the two vehicles reach 15.5km above the sea level, the SS2 will detach and fly with its hybrid rocket towards the Karman Line that marks the edge of space, 100km above the ocean.
