] From behind closed hangar doors their stealthy product
] was rolled out today.
]
] "The event is not about dreams, predictions or mockups,"
] Rutan explained in a pre-debut statement. "We will show
] actual flight hardware: an aircraft for high-altitude
] airborne launch, a flight-ready manned spaceship, a new,
] ground-tested rocket propulsion system and much more.
] This is not just the development of another research
] aircraft, but a complete manned space program with all
] its support elements," he said.
]
] Rutan makes it clear that the unveiling is not a
] marketing event.

Passenger-Carrying Spaceship Makes Desert Debut