For Virgin Galactic’s customers, it is transportation to the most amazing experience of their lives. I very much look forward to sending some Scots into space. David Mackay Read Quote
I’ve been lucky enough to have flown some very interesting aircraft in the past, but SpaceShipTwo is far and away the most exciting of them all. David Mackay Read Quote
I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled. David Mackay Read Quote
I have watched SS2 evolve over the years into an incredible vehicle that is going to open up space to more people than ever before. David Mackay Read Quote
It’s very sad that there’s going to be a hiatus in manned space flight from the U.S. The Shuttle was a fantastic, hugely complex vehicle. It was inevitable it would come to an end, but this is the opportunity for the commercial world to get involved. As the Shuttle era ends, another window of opportunity opens. David Mackay Read Quote
By my mid-30s, I just thought, ‘This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.’ David Mackay Read Quote
I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true. David Mackay Read Quote
I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don’t get scared of heights when I am flying a plane. David Mackay Read Quote
