Private, uncrewed, suborbital test flights to start this year.
On Jun 9, 9:37*am, Sylvia Else wrote:
On 8/06/2011 10:57 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:
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On 8/06/2011 6:08 AM, Marvin the Martian wrote:
BFD.
I'm sorry, but there are private companies out there putting things into
orbit RIGHT NOW.
What this "Virgin Galactic" thing is, is a big sounding rocket.
BFD! They can't do NOW with today's technology what NASA and North
American Aviation was doing in 1959 with the X-15. This is literally half
a century old technology here.
Why are people so fascinated with this silly program?
Because they've been deceived into thinking it's a stepping stone to
real space tourism, which it isn't.
What is "real space tourism" and why don't suborbital flights count?
I mean it's not a stepping stone. In particular, it's not a stepping
stone to space tourism that involves orbiting the planet.
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So wilbur and orville werent the creator of a stepping stone to jet
flight?
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