Virgin Galactic's Delta Spaceship Is 'Start Of A Spaceline Design'

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Virgin Galactic has unveiled its Delta spaceship. It is designed to fly more frequently than its predecessor with more passengers.   Credit: Virgin Galactic

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00:00At Virgin Galactic, we've made incredible strides forward.

00:13Our Spaceship Unity proved itself, completing six spaceflights in six months, creating 19

00:20new astronauts.

00:21A launch rate never seen before in the history of human spaceflight.

00:30And we're just getting started.

00:43Introducing the design of Virgin Galactic's Delta-class spaceship.

00:52Delta is a next-generation design, with each vehicle creating thousands of astronauts in

00:57its lifecycle, broadening the opportunity of space travel from the few to the many.

01:12Delta-class spaceships will upgrade our number of passengers from four to six, and will harness

01:17the supersonic might of the world's most powerful hybrid rocket system.

01:24Delta-class spaceships are designed in subcomponents and built using state-of-the-art aerospace

01:29development practices, enabling a far more efficient and rapid build.

01:35A new design brings new efficiency to get us back in the air faster between flights.

01:41Spaceship Unity is limited to fly once a month, whereas Delta spaceships will be able

01:45to fly twice a week, over eight times more efficiently.

01:51Manufacturing spaceships in this way allows multiple vehicles to be made.

01:57With each spaceport around the world having up to five ships in their fleet, Virgin Galactic's

02:01Delta-class vehicle isn't just a spaceship, it's the start of a space line.

02:11NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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