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by mch82 1807 days ago
Today’s launch vehicle was SpaceShipTwo. The next model (SpaceShip III, revealed in March) is planned to be capable of flying London to Sydney in less than three hours.
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That was the original concept, unfortunately the current SpaceShip III won't be capable of point-to-point transportation.

> "The current SpaceShip III is designed to provide just a few minutes of weightlessness and views for space tourists for Virgin Galactic, and is a production version of SpaceShipTwo, with improved maintenance and flight rate performance and does not have point to point transportation capabilities as previously envisioned in 2016."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShip_III