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Virgin Galactic gets its spaceship license

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Virgin Galactic is one step closer to making us all space tourists: it just received its operator license from the US Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation (FAA-AST). To get the paperwork, which allows Virgin Galactic to use its ship for commercial operations. The FAA looked into the vehicle's system design, safety features and flight trajectory analysis. (www.engadget.com) More...

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