The Virgin Group, including Virgin Galactic, is well known for its planned, glitzy events to showcase the company and their achievements. Today is scheduled to be no exception: the rollout of SpaceShipTwo in Mojave reportedly will include some kind of lightshow Monday evening. A check of the NOTAMs, or notices to airmen, for Mojave Airport (KMHV), shows that the airport’s runways will be closed Monday night, and there’s also a reference to that “airspace lightshow”.
One thing Virgin can’t control (not yet, anyway) is the weather, and it won’t be cooperating. Right now there’s only report clouds and light rain in Mojave, but the forecast mentions snow, and lots of it: up to five inches (12.5 cm) today, and up to two more inches (5 cm) tonight. Mojave may get much less, but it still doesn’t look like it will be the most inviting day to roll out a spaceship.
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