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bonniegrrl: I'll have you know that I use that Galactic Glitter Glue in most of my Star Wars craft projects... more »
Strakus: Well considering the glues in question generally have greater tensile strength than steel... Furthermore, Burt Rutan, with Voyager, Global Flyer, and... more »
alphanumeric1971: A tad off topic, but, is the glue pictured made out of Twilight vampires? more »
Trai_Dep: I guess those kids huddled over basement model kits & gooey tubes of hallucination-friendly cement had the right approach after all. I just hope that... more »
Dr Emilio Lizardo: Why glue? Because the price of duct tape and chewing gum has gone up way to much lately. more »
#spacescience Click here to read The Future Of Space Travel Is Glue

The Future Of Space Travel Is Glue

The days of high-tech metal mountings to hold spacecraft together are gone, according to the man designing Virgin Galactics' commercial spaceplanes. Apparently, all you need is glue. Knowing that, suddenly we're much more worried about flying in a Virgin ship. More »
#spacetourism

Enter the Virgin Mothership

#virgingalactic

Space Tourism's Sleek New Look

Here's the new SpaceShipTwo, unveiled today by space tourist pioneer Burt Rutan. Like SpaceShipOne, the new ship will ferry tourists to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson's new venture. 2008 will be "the year of the spaceship," promised Branson. WhiteKnightTwo, a four-engine plane, lifts the spaceship high into the sky, and then it burns a mixture of nitrous oxide and rubber-based fuel to make it up to the black. Click through for a video of SpaceShipOne, the original Virgin Galactic ship. More »
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