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Richard Branson will go to space today at 10:30 EST
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Looks to me like Virgin is trying to sell space tourism and is not involved with what you're describing.
They couldn't have chosen a better camera angle for the Branson cam? I don't need to look up his nostrils.
They already launched satellites using the same tech and you can bet your ass they'll continue doing that. Cheaper more and more available access to space is a good thing.
I'd like to be on that thing when the burn kicks in. I don't need to go to space, but I'd love to go from 0 to mach 3 in 45 seconds.
Virgin Orbit does indeed do that, it's a subsidiary or spinoff or somesuch of Virgin Galactic.
The only tech it shares is air launch, and they are hardly the first with that - Pegasus has been around for years.
Air launch will never replace most of space launch - carrying the rocket to altitude limits the size (and therefore the weight of the payload).
The Karman line pissing contest is hilarious to me because as far as the US Military, NASA, and Karman himself see it Branson is now an astronaut (among others advocating for updating the line).
I don't think I'd seen SS2 fly, so it was cool to see it even if it was mostly as an ad for rich thrillseekers. Actually getting into your spaceship and going up takes some guts.
Edit: Also I don't particularly care for Branson either but I do find it hilarious he jumped ahead of Bezos and Musk for actually going up himself. They'll argue Karman line but as noted I feel that's meaningless. What I do know about Branson seems to indicated this was something he *REALLY* wanted to do too, not just as something to show up the other billionaires.
I don't think I'd seen SS2 fly, so it was cool to see it even if it was mostly as an ad for rich thrillseekers. Actually getting into your spaceship and going up takes some guts.
Edit: Also I don't particularly care for Branson either but I do find it hilarious he jumped ahead of Bezos and Musk for actually going up himself. They'll argue Karman line but as noted I feel that's meaningless. What I do know about Branson seems to indicated this was something he *REALLY* wanted to do too, not just as something to show up the other billionaires.
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They better go with an empty stomach... I can imagine the few minutes of weightlessness filled with droplets of billionaire's vomit or worse.
The Spaceship line up of spacecraft look pretty cool. However if I was told I would get a free ride on both but could only choose one I would do the Blue origin ride. It just seems a lot safer and less prone to human error. Virgin Galactic actually is completely controlled by the pilots, including when the craft is being rocketed into space. Origin option is completely automated.
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Virgin Galactic - First full crew space flight with Branson on-board
Happening on a few hours from now. See below link for Livestream https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactic-announces-first-fully-crewed-spaceflight/ https://youtu.be/RTpWYWIfP7Y In 9 days, Blue Origin flight with Bezos will take off. Funny seeing the competition between them.
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