[OCC]

Who would have thunk Boy George record sales would have eventually given Richard Branson the resources to launch the first private space plane?

[org.whodat]

Spaceflight is the use of space technology to fly a spacecraft into and through outer space.

This plane though pretty is not a space plane since it is flying sub-reentry.

On a sub-orbital spaceflight the spacecraft reaches space, but does not achieve orbit. Instead, its trajectory brings it back to the surface of the Earth

[BenLurkin]

I worry that that maple seed design won’t work with a larger craft. I fear the wings will separate.