XCOR Lynx – Only $95k for a 4-Minute Ride

[longknife]

And it's only 2/3 of Branson's SpaceShip Two. Wow! What a deal.


Read the story with more pix @ The passenger spacecraft where you can sit in the cockpit for 95 000 New pictures reveal the XCOR Lynx space plane is getting close to completion Daily Mail Online

 

[Mr. H.]

Isn't this the one that recently broke up in flight, killing a crew member?

 

[longknife]

Isn't this the one that recently broke up in flight, killing a crew member?

No, it was this one - and it failed because of pilot error -

 

[Mr. H.]

They look the same.

 

[longknife]

They look the same.

Of course they do!

It's a matter of aerodynamics and what is needed for the most efficient way to reach its goal.