XCOR Aerospace has just unveiled a new suborbital spaceship that will provide affordable front-seat rides to the edge of space. XCOR Aerospace, of Mojave, CA, announced that its two-seat Lynx, roughly the size of a small private airplane, will first take off in 2010 and will be capable of flying several times each day. XCOR says that Lynx will operate much like a commercial aircraft. Its liquid fuel engines will provide the enhanced safety, durability, reliability and maintainability that keep operating costs low, while keeping pollution in the environment much lower than solid or hybrid rocket engines. The big difference is the passenger rides up front and not in the back which will add greatly to the flight experience.
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