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With Virgin Galactic recently commencing paid flights to space, there has been much media attention on their 'innovative' launch system. Bar repeated discussions on a crash during a test flight 9 years ago, little discussion seems to be available on the safety of their system as it is today. Much of the details are obscured through company secrecy and government regulations. This is ironic as lack of safety regulation is what allows space tourism to operate as it does in the first place. So, I would like to discuss that although the experience appears well polished and exciting, no one really knows how safe a flight in SpaceShipTwo is. 3D modelling by Artem Tatarchenko Instagram: hedgehog.rave NASA video clips from NASA Image and Video Library Sources: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8yte35ii234tg6v15ro4r/sources.ods?rlkey=ljyq2xv70h9gmputht1vx64m9&st=heds8xcs&dl=0 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:32 Limitations for this Video 05:33 Suborbital Flight. In real-time 09:54 Historical Safety Comparison 18:20 Flight Testing (or lack thereof) 22:33 Innovation Hindering Innovation 26:19 (Informed) Consent 35:10 Safety Features #1: Motor 42:40 Safety Features #2: Feather 44:38 A Brief Digression 45:25 Lack of Automation 58:01 Lack of Launch Escape System 01:01:28 A Cautionary Tale to Conclude Original source for 3D model: "Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo" (https://skfb.ly/6UVBK) by agreene is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).