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Christopher wrote:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...2703299_blueor
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Yet another suborbital flight company that'll probably go the same way
as Roton did.

Having a billion of one's own dollars to spend makes a difference.

True but if you read the splurb, you'll see it's only for a sub
orbital flight, you don't even reach space proper with that.

Yes, I read it. Quite sensibly, Bezos wants to get some experience and
a revenue stream in place before chasing the big banana. Even (or
especially!) a billionaire wants to make a profit.

Wait ten years or so; someone will be willing to sell you an orbital
ticket for a lot less than US$20 million.

But I do wonder about that report. A rocket engine test facility next
to a residential area will very likely generate a lot of complaints
about noise no matter how wonderful the operators think their sound
suppression system is.