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)
on August 3, 2009 2:37 AM | Reply
Whoa. The inside of WK2 kinda looks like the inside of my room...
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?