Billionaires in Space
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:14 last edited by George K 7 Nov 2021, 14:15
@horace said in Billionaires in Space:
the rocket
Actually the "rocket" is being housed up into the air on an airplane, from which It'll be dropped and then its motors will ignite.
But, your point stands, LOL.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:39 last edited by
cnn is showing the plane taxiing for takeoff
Virgin galactic is showing nothing
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:43 last edited by
I really don't understand the mission of Virgin Galactic, or for that matter Bert Rutan's vision using a craft like this.
Is it purely for "space" tourism, or is there something else they want to do?
I recently posted a story about another company that's launching small satellites from a 747. That seems an economical approach.
But afaik, Virgin has no such plans.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:48 last edited by
I have to choose between Colbert and de Grasse Tyson
This is awful
I can't stand it
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:48 last edited by
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:49 last edited by
Dale Brown was writing about plane-launched near-Earth satellites in the 1980's...
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I really don't understand the mission of Virgin Galactic, or for that matter Bert Rutan's vision using a craft like this.
Is it purely for "space" tourism, or is there something else they want to do?
I recently posted a story about another company that's launching small satellites from a 747. That seems an economical approach.
But afaik, Virgin has no such plans.
wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 14:50 last edited by@george-k said in Billionaires in Space:
purely for "space" tourism
Yes, I think so
When they announced this it was cool
Now, he has a second string space ship company
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 15:10 last edited by George K 7 Nov 2021, 20:27
The talking heads are making a big deal about "50K feet is the definition of 'space' by the FAA and NASA."
Meh.
$250K for 3 minutes of weightlessness and some nice views.
Meh, again.
Edit to correct: not 50K feet, but 50 miles.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 15:20 last edited by
The air needed to fly an airplane runs out around 100K feet.
50 miles = about 250K feet
Calling space 50 statute miles is OK with me. That was the limit for a long time.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 15:22 last edited by
The paint on the back of the craft:
The back of The Razorback in The Expanse:
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The air needed to fly an airplane runs out around 100K feet.
50 miles = about 250K feet
Calling space 50 statute miles is OK with me. That was the limit for a long time.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 18:04 last edited by Doctor Phibes 7 Nov 2021, 18:06
You're all pissed off because the first d-bag in space isn't an American?
Once again, the British have excelled at being really freaking annoying! It's what we do, baby.
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wrote on 11 Jul 2021, 23:25 last edited by
It was driven by a Scot.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 02:23 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 16:28 last edited by
You might have to ask him.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 17:10 last edited by
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
Even the notion of being in Space isn’t new:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Seems like this is more of the same.
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In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
Even the notion of being in Space isn’t new:
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Seems like this is more of the same.
wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 19:27 last edited by@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
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wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 19:27 last edited by
@george-k said in Billionaires in Space:
https://www.change.org/p/the-proletariat-do-not-allow-jeff-bezos-to-return-to-earth
I wonder how much actuarial risk Bezos' space flight imposes on AMZN stock.
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@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
wrote on 12 Jul 2021, 19:31 last edited by@horace said in Billionaires in Space:
@loki said in Billionaires in Space:
In history those with the the wherewithal and body type made names for themselves in their quest for immortality exploring the Amazon, the Artic, Mount Everest, the island of King Kong (lol). I’m sure others have come up with the better terms for the type person interested in conquering parts of earth that were available for fame and too scary for the average person.
These billionaires can each claim to have done spectacular things with their lives, but as far as them going to space goes, that is more along the lines of upper middle class douche bags paying $50k to have Sherpas pull them up Everest.
I'd say that Branson's ballooning exploits were considerably more impressive (and dangerous) than his space visit.