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PICTURE: New FAA head boards WhiteKnight Two

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Rob Coppinger
 on August 2, 2009 2:06 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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credit FAA / caption: Babbitt gets a tour of WK2

New US Federal Aviation Administration administrator J. Randolph "Randy" Babbitt got a tour of Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnight Two at EAA Airventure Oshkosh last week. His agency's office of commercial space transportation will have to certify the mothership as a launch platform for SpaceShip Two and award Virgin Galactic its permits for flying its customers to above 100km (62miles) 

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2 Comments

Matt Hammer
By Matt Hammer
on August 3, 2009 2:37 AM | Reply

Whoa. The inside of WK2 kinda looks like the inside of my room...

Garrett Smith
By Garrett Smith
on August 3, 2009 11:48 PM | Reply

In the article you mention: "...will have to certify the mothership as a launch platform...". Is it correct that you use the word "certify" in this context or will it simply be "licensed" as provided for in the FAA regulations?

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