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- noun Alternative spelling of
rocket plane .
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Once it gets at the appropriate altitude, it drops the SpaceShipTwo, the rocket fires, and it launches people to an altitude that exceeds a hundred kilometers, to give them the experience of being like an astronaut, the views of being an astronaut, floating around in a gravity-free environment like the astronauts do, and then returning safely in this winged rocketplane.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Once it gets at the appropriate altitude, it drops the SpaceShipTwo, the rocket fires, and it launches people to an altitude that exceeds a hundred kilometers, to give them the experience of being like an astronaut, the views of being an astronaut, floating around in a gravity-free environment like the astronauts do, and then returning safely in this winged rocketplane.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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WhiteKnightTwo is an airplane specially designed to carry up our rocketplane called a SpaceShipTwo.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Once it gets at the appropriate altitude, it drops the SpaceShipTwo, the rocket fires, and it launches people to an altitude that exceeds a hundred kilometers, to give them the experience of being like an astronaut, the views of being an astronaut, floating around in a gravity-free environment like the astronauts do, and then returning safely in this winged rocketplane.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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WhiteKnightTwo is an airplane specially designed to carry up our rocketplane called a SpaceShipTwo.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Once it gets at the appropriate altitude, it drops the SpaceShipTwo, the rocket fires, and it launches people to an altitude that exceeds a hundred kilometers, to give them the experience of being like an astronaut, the views of being an astronaut, floating around in a gravity-free environment like the astronauts do, and then returning safely in this winged rocketplane.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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WhiteKnightTwo is an airplane specially designed to carry up our rocketplane called a SpaceShipTwo.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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Once it gets at the appropriate altitude, it drops the SpaceShipTwo, the rocket fires, and it launches people to an altitude that exceeds a hundred kilometers, to give them the experience of being like an astronaut, the views of being an astronaut, floating around in a gravity-free environment like the astronauts do, and then returning safely in this winged rocketplane.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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WhiteKnightTwo is an airplane specially designed to carry up our rocketplane called a SpaceShipTwo.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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WhiteKnightTwo is an airplane specially designed to carry up our rocketplane called a SpaceShipTwo.
Zoe P. Strassfield: "Space Is Wide Open": Talking With Virgin Galactic CTO Steve Isakowitz Zoe P. Strassfield 2011
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