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Question 1

Which flamboyant British billionaire entrepreneur founded Virgin Galactic in 2004?

Question 2

What 2004 aviation achievement by Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne inspired the founding of Virgin Galactic?

Question 3

What dual-fuselage carrier aircraft carries Virgin Galactic's rocket plane to high altitude before air-launch?

Question 4

What is the name of Virgin Galactic's commercial suborbital rocket plane class?

Question 5

What ingenious aerodynamic re-entry mechanism, designed by Burt Rutan, rotates the spacecraft's tail booms upward?

Question 6

What commercial private spaceport in Sierra County, New Mexico, serves as Virgin Galactic's operational flight headquarters?

Question 7

On which calendar date in July 2021 did Richard Branson personally fly to space aboard VSS Unity on the Unity 22 mission?

Question 8

What tragic accident in October 2014 destroyed the first SpaceShipTwo vehicle (VSS Enterprise) during a test flight?

Question 9

What type of rocket motor powers SpaceShipTwo, utilizing solid hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) and liquid nitrous oxide?

Question 10

What next-generation spaceship class did Virgin Galactic announce to replace VSS Unity and increase flight cadence in 2026?

Which flamboyant British billionaire entrepreneur founded Virgin Galactic in 2004?