It sounds very interesting. However:
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The spaceship was carried to an altitude of 45,000ft (13,700m) by an aeroplane and then dropped to glide back to the Mojave Air and Space Port.
Enterprise will soon be taking people prepared to pay $200,000 (£126,000) on short hops above the atmosphere.
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I thought the point was to go beyond cruising altitude for airliners. The idea is to carry it to cruising altitude, release it, and then engage the 'warp drive' to get it to proper altitude. Not to 'be dropped and glide back to earth'. Rather sloppy reporting from the Beeb me thinks.