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VSS Enterprise completes first flight under its carrier aircraft
On 3/24/2010 2:43 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
Sure, but Mal de Mere will still have you puking your guts out - for days instead of minutes rick jones at least the QM2 doesn't look like a container ship for people... The outside is okay looking, but the inside is the knockout part. The Planetarium: http://www.skyskan.com/Company/press/qm2sails.html For external looks as well as a beautiful interior, it would be hard to ever beat the Normandie, which looked like a art object as much as a ship: http://www.lategreatliners.com/france_normandie.htm They even decked over the bow anchor chains so they wouldn't spoil the smooth lines of the ship. Pat |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... On 3/24/2010 12:08 PM, David Spain wrote: David writes: Virgin Galactic Business Express, LA to Sidney in 45 minutes, mark my words... Well maybe not 45 minutes if they plan to serve a meal (and have it retained) on the flight, but 2 hours would be just fine... ;-) You try to serve them food in zero g, and the thing will become the Vomit Comet II. They'll be lucky if around a third of the passengers don't puke within a couple of minutes of going weightless, even after training. Just like the best amusement park rides. ;-) Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message . .. On 3/24/2010 12:02 PM, David Spain wrote: Virgin Galactic Business Express, LA to Sidney in 45 minutes, mark my words... OK, well not with SS2, perhaps, but SS3, or SS4? We'll see.... Sir Richard is crazy, no doubt. Like a fox. An airline flight you have to train for? That sorta defeats the purpose of the speedy flight. :-) Me, I'd take the Queen Mary 2. $200,000 could buy you around nine world cruises in economy class on that ship, or over two top-of-the-line ones with a private suite: http://book.cunard.com/find/pb/searc...&ship=&dat e= The "astronaut training" is part of the "experience". Plus, the safety lecture on *every* airline flight is more CYA than anything else, and this "astronaut training" will be full of CYA information and training experience. Despite making everyone sign a waiver, when the first fatal accident happens, you can bet Virgin Galactic will be sued by some of the best blood thirsty lawyers out there. Providing extensive "astronaut training" prior to the first flight will be shown in court to prove that the participants were *fully* informed over a period of days of the dangers they might expect. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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VSS Enterprise completes first flight under its carrier aircraft
"Rick Jones" wrote in message ... In sci.space.history David Spain wrote: So what are rides on White Knight II going for? Old data: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/foru...8099;topicseen The craft is surprisingly acrobatic, too. That means it is able to offer passengers zero-gravity flights. At the moment, a Boeing 727 provides such flights commercially for the Zero Gravity Corporation, a travel company. But the 727 is an ageing and thirsty vehicle. Mr Whitehorn reckons that, subject to the appropriate permissions, White Knight Two could offer zero-G flights for around $1,000 each, a fifth of the fare now charged. Heck, I'd pay good money just to ride on White Knight Two just to see a suborbital launch from that viewpoint. It would sure beat trying to watch from the ground! Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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On Mar 24, 9:36*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 3/24/2010 2:43 PM, Rick Jones wrote: Sure, but Mal de Mere will still have you puking your guts out - for days instead of minutes rick jones at least the QM2 doesn't look like a container ship for people... The outside is okay looking, but the inside is the knockout part. The Planetarium:http://www.skyskan.com/Company/press/qm2sails.html For external looks as well as a beautiful interior, it would be hard to ever beat the Normandie, which looked like a art object as much as a ship:http://www.lategreatliners.com/france_normandie.htm They even decked over the bow anchor chains so they wouldn't spoil the smooth lines of the ship. Pat The all look like the Titanic to me ;^) Just my $0.02 |
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message dakotatelephone... On 3/25/2010 4:33 AM, Jeff Findley wrote: The "astronaut training" is part of the "experience". The "experience" being how a fool and his $200,000 are soon parted for a short period in free-fall. Think of it as a "learning experience", similar to the ones engaged in by former tycoons in 1929 as they hurled themselves out of the window. They aren't selling trips to the middle class (i.e. this isn't marketed to the same people who are looking for "deals" on cruise liners). Instead, it's going to be a joy ride for the rich and famous. These are the same sort of people who would book flights on the Concorde when it was still flying and who think nothing of dropping $100k plus for yet another car in their stable. Why? Because they can! This is similar to early airlines. They were only affordable by the rich an famous. When the rich were traveling long distances by airplanes, the middle class was still stuck traveling by slow, smoke belching coal fired trains and ships. Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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On 3/25/2010 5:13 AM, Space Cadet wrote:
The all look like the Titanic to me ;^) Titanic looked streamlined for its time period by having fairly low funnels...combined with getting rid of a lot of the ugly lifeboats. ;-) For _really_ sleek ocean liners, one must travel to the age of Streamline Moderne: http://davidszondy.com/future/Living/futureliner.htm http://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SE770k7...abbfff9b_o.jpg Even the pencil sharpeners looked like they were going around 300 mph http://adrianwinter.co.uk/logbooks/3...es/Rapener.jpg And the trains might well be able to fly to Mars if they ever lifted off of their tracks: http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/20...ond_loewy.html That bottom one looks like a self-propelled volcanic eruption. :-D Pat |
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In sci.space.history Jeff Findley wrote:
Heck, I'd pay good money just to ride on White Knight Two just to see a suborbital launch from that viewpoint. It would sure beat trying to watch from the ground! I wonder if WK2 has windows in the roof, or if the passengers (if any) will have to fight for spots on windows on one side of the craft to watch the ascent of SS2. rick jones -- portable adj, code that compiles under more than one compiler these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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VSS Enterprise completes first flight under its carrier aircraft
On 3/25/2010 4:33 AM, Jeff Findley wrote:
The "astronaut training" is part of the "experience". The "experience" being how a fool and his $200,000 are soon parted for a short period in free-fall. Think of it as a "learning experience", similar to the ones engaged in by former tycoons in 1929 as they hurled themselves out of the window. Pat |
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VSS Enterprise completes first flight under its carrier aircraft
"Rick Jones" wrote in message ... In sci.space.history Jeff Findley wrote: Heck, I'd pay good money just to ride on White Knight Two just to see a suborbital launch from that viewpoint. It would sure beat trying to watch from the ground! I wonder if WK2 has windows in the roof, or if the passengers (if any) will have to fight for spots on windows on one side of the craft to watch the ascent of SS2. Why wonder? Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SS2_and_VMS_Eve.jpg The fueselage design for SS2 and WK2 are shared, so they both have lots of windows. The nose art is interesting too. ;-) Jeff -- "Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National Lampoon |
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