These hit the 'net last month;<br /><br /><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Virgin Galactic’s Space Travel Tips<br /><br />Posted on August 26, 2006 @ 07:13:44 EDT<br />Author Leonard David<br /><br />Word from Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline group is that SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and WhiteKnightTwo are taking shape. <font color="yellow"><b>“The spaceship is bigger, faster, and pretty gorgeous looking. She has many more new and improved features,” although specific details are still hush-hush – such as what’s behind a new, bigger, rocket engine design.</b><br /><br /><b>SS2 will carry 6 passengers and two pilots.</b></font>/b> First flights are expected to be out of Mojave, California before the move to the new Spaceport America in New Mexico, the Virgin Galactic update notes.<br /><br />Also, look for a “conceptual interior” of SS2 to show up in late September in New York as part of the Wired NextFest alongside a scale size replica of SpaceShipOne.<br /><br />According to Virgin Galactic, more than 60,000 people have now registered an interest in becoming Virgin Galactic Astronauts, with 30% from the U.S., 15% from the U.K. and 10% Australia. The number of people who have paid a deposit continues to rise. Virgin Galactic Founder Astronauts come from a range of 13 countries, with around 55% from the U.S. with an approximately 80/20 split male/female.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote> <br /><br />My other readings say that the cabin is about the volume of a Gulfstream V jet and EVE, the mothership, somewhere around the size of a 737 (source: BBC). <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>