Point-to-point sub-orbital spaceflight
Encyclopedia
Point-to-point sub-orbital spaceflight is a category of spaceflight
in which a spacecraft uses a sub-orbital flight for transportation. This can provide a two-hour trip from London
to Sydney
. Today, no company offers this type of spaceflight for transportation. However, Virgin Galactic
is planning to build a spaceplane called SpaceShipThree, which will offer this service in the future.
Spaceflight
Spaceflight is the act of travelling into or through outer space. Spaceflight can occur with spacecraft which may, or may not, have humans on board. Examples of human spaceflight include the Russian Soyuz program, the U.S. Space shuttle program, as well as the ongoing International Space Station...
in which a spacecraft uses a sub-orbital flight for transportation. This can provide a two-hour trip from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. Today, no company offers this type of spaceflight for transportation. However, Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic is a company within Richard Branson's Virgin Group which plans to provide sub-orbital spaceflights to the paying public, along with suborbital space science missions and orbital launches of small satellites...
is planning to build a spaceplane called SpaceShipThree, which will offer this service in the future.