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What a waste. 45 minutes to get to the point that 2 years ago Scaled
Composites won the X Prize. And? Martin |
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Nice free advert for Branson though....... Gaz |
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300K For a ticket on a ehem "space" ship that has yet to be built!
virgin man needs as much free advertising as he can get |
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More like 300k for a two hour flight and 4 minutes of weightlessness.
The parabola picture looked great though.. took me back to high school maths! wrote in message ups.com... 300K For a ticket on a ehem "space" ship that has yet to be built! virgin man needs as much free advertising as he can get |
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Martin wrote:
What a waste. 45 minutes to get to the point that 2 years ago Scaled Composites won the X Prize. And? Martin Well I thought it was absolutely amazing, mind you , I have never been in space before... |
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"Interstellar OverDrive" wrote in message ... Martin wrote: What a waste. 45 minutes to get to the point that 2 years ago Scaled Composites won the X Prize. And? Martin Well I thought it was absolutely amazing, mind you , I have never been in space before... Yes it was, but it was old old news. The good old BBC even forgot to mention Steve Bennett the Brit who runs Starchaser. They also failed to mention the next real step which is a privately funded orbital flight, which is one of Starchasers goals. That would give massive opportunities for cheaper launches for satellites and a real prospect for space tourism. Horizon was always about looking at the future, not the past. Martin |
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On 2006-01-15, Martin wrote:
Yes it was, but it was old old news. The good old BBC even forgot to mention Steve Bennett the Brit who runs Starchaser. They also failed to mention the next real step which is a privately funded orbital flight, which is one of Starchasers goals. Now this is much harder. You can't do this with a rocket that burns old tyres! The amount of energy needed is much higher and the problems of getting rid of it on reentry are much more difficult, esp if you want a re-usable vehicle. At a guess I'd say it will be many years (decades?) before _orbital_ flights are within the cost of joe millionaire. Pete -- .................................................. ......................... .. never trust a man who, when left alone ...... Pete Lynch . .. in a room with a tea cosy ...... Marlow, England . .. doesn't try it on (Billy Connolly) ..................................... |
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"Peter Lynch" wrote in message ... On 2006-01-15, Martin wrote: Yes it was, but it was old old news. The good old BBC even forgot to mention Steve Bennett the Brit who runs Starchaser. They also failed to mention the next real step which is a privately funded orbital flight, which is one of Starchasers goals. Now this is much harder. You can't do this with a rocket that burns old tyres! The amount of energy needed is much higher and the problems of getting rid of it on reentry are much more difficult, esp if you want a re-usable vehicle. At a guess I'd say it will be many years (decades?) before _orbital_ flights are within the cost of joe millionaire. Pete -- .................................................. ........................ . never trust a man who, when left alone ...... Pete Lynch . . in a room with a tea cosy ...... Marlow, England . . doesn't try it on (Billy Connolly) ..................................... Which is why the X Prize was a little bit of a fraud. The only way you can have hotels in space and the like is with an orbital vehicle which is why the Starchaser team are working hard at that problem. As you rightly mention that is a whole new ball game and the only real practical solution would be a Shuttle type vehicle, which of course even NASA is moving away from. Be interesting to see what the Chinese do. Martin |
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Which is why the X Prize was a little bit of a fraud. The only way
you can have hotels in space and the like is with an orbital vehicle which is why the Starchaser team are working hard at that problem. As you rightly mention that is a whole new ball game and the only real practical solution would be a Shuttle type vehicle, which of course even NASA is moving away from. Be interesting to see what the Chinese do. I think it's a bit unfair to say it was a bit of a fraud. The X prize was a model to foster innovation, not to have hotels in space. I think the X prize succeeded very well in kick starting the private space race. |
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"Interstellar OverDrive" wrote in message ... Which is why the X Prize was a little bit of a fraud. The only way you can have hotels in space and the like is with an orbital vehicle which is why the Starchaser team are working hard at that problem. As you rightly mention that is a whole new ball game and the only real practical solution would be a Shuttle type vehicle, which of course even NASA is moving away from. Be interesting to see what the Chinese do. I think it's a bit unfair to say it was a bit of a fraud. The X prize was a model to foster innovation, not to have hotels in space. I think the X prize succeeded very well in kick starting the private space race. The reason I said fraud was that we see the likes of Branson and others promising hotels in space, but sub orbital vehicles are going to do little than offer a few minutes of gravity free fun (perhaps the 60 mile high club?) and until someone finds a cheap reusable orbital vehicle (and no Government has managed that yet) all the rest is a pipe dream. Martin |
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