Author: David Mackay

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Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

- David Mackay

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

- David Mackay

From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.

From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.

- David Mackay

We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.

We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.

- David Mackay

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane.

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

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.

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

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

- David Mackay

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

- David Mackay

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