Sir Richard Branson is unveiling the rocket plane he will use to take fare-paying passengers into space.

理查德·布兰森爵士将要揭幕一架喷气式客机，他将驾驶此飞机收费将乘客送往太空。

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The rocket plane may fulfil some of its goals before it even gets off the ground, by whipping up interest in commercial space flight.

这艘火箭飞机（rocket plane）可能会激起人们对商业太空飞行的兴趣，因此甚至在它飞离地面之前，就可以实现自己的一些目标。

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This will use an American rocket plane developed by California's Scaled Composites company to send fare-paying passengers on sub-orbital trips.

这个项目将使用一个是由加利福尼亚的Scaled Composites公司发明的美国火箭飞船将付费乘客送往太空亚轨道旅行。

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There were new designs for the plane's rocket engine, landing equipment and the small rockets needed to move it in space.

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His first rocket plane flight in the Bell X-1B experienced a nose gear failure on landing.

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California's XCOR Aerospace, for instance, is building the Lynx rocket plane, which will also carry passengers and payloads.

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He flew the X-15 rocket plane to the edge of space - 200, 000 feet up at 4, 000 mph.

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