Impressive. Though, getting through NBC commentary is more difficult than space travel.
The future of space travel is with those like Branson and Musk.
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Posts Tagged ‘Virgin Galactic’
Watch: Virgin Galactic launches first spaceflight with tourists | NBC News
Posted by M. C. on August 16, 2023
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Virgin Galactic aims to reach space with tourism rocket
Posted by M. C. on December 13, 2018
Soon doing what US Government (NASA) can’t do without Russian help – putting humans in space.
NASA…too busy looking for water to justify budgets …err…the search for life.
https://apnews.com/659f385710cc46fdb381c5f6dfbb6573
By JOHN ANTCZAK
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is preparing to take the long-awaited step of trying to fly its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space.
Virgin Space Ship Unity was undergoing final checks in preparation for a test flight early Thursday that could take it far higher than before and a big step closer to turning the dream of commercial space tourism into reality.
“It’s a day that we’ve been waiting for for a long time,” CEO George Whitesides told reporters Wednesday at the Virgin Galactic facilities at Mojave Air and Space Port.
Whitesides said VSS Unity would try to fly higher than 50 miles (80 kilometers), which Virgin Galactic considers the boundary of space because it is used by the U.S. Air Force and other U.S. agencies.
That’s different than a long-held view that the boundary is at 62 miles (100 kilometers). Whitesides noted that recent research favors the lower altitude.
Test pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Rick “CJ” Sturckow were scheduled to be at the controls.
Virgin Galactic officials emphasized that it would be a test flight and there could be an array of reasons why it could end short of its goal or be aborted altogether.”… Read the rest of this entry »
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Virgin Galactic spaceplane smashes altitude record in latest test flight
Posted by M. C. on July 27, 2018
I am sure the government is in there somewhere but in spite of that SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are making progress big time. They don’t have to hire the Russians get them into space.
It is called (as close as we can get to) Free Market Capitalism. I just hope there is no tariff placed on space tourism.
Imagine what a Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezes or Bernie Sanders socialist space travel development program would look like.
Government Space Tourism Plane – Single Passenger in Safety Pod
by David Freeman
…After being released from under the wing of its carrier plane at 46,500 feet, VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 42 seconds to propel itself and its two pilots to a speed of Mach 2.47, or almost two-and-a-half times the speed of sound, Virgin Galactic said in a blog post. Read the rest of this entry »
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NASA’s Empty Canteen
Posted by M. C. on November 21, 2013
I see we have launched yet another Mars mission probing for water. The search for water seems desperate. That’s because it is.
Water = possible life = NASA’s justification for existence.
NASA spent a decade trying to reach the moon. What did we get out of that exercise besides some rocks? Not much as far as I can tell beyond momentary glory and a big bill to pay.
What is a desperate government agency to do? Hey! Let’s build an International Space Station! Read the rest of this entry »
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