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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm I wonder if they'll be able to compete with Virgin. Will this prompt Boeing into the market? Could this be used for high speed point to point flights? The cabin looks like it has room for 10 people. |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
Alex Terrell wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm The cabin looks like it has room for 10 people. Seems they are only claiming four: Astrium says there will be room for four passengers on each mission. Towards the top of the climb, these individuals will be able to float free in the cabin and look through large windows at the planet below. -- firebug n, the idiot who tosses a lit cigarette out his car window 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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Alex Terrell wrote:
I wonder if they'll be able to compete with Virgin. To me, it looks like thats exactly what they want to do. EADS is owned by two Governments, so apparently they aren't happy with capitalism having something. Glen Overby |
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Alex Terrell wrote:
Could this be used for high speed point to point flights? No. D. -- Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh. -Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings. Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
On 14 Jun, 00:32, Rick Jones wrote:
Alex Terrell wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm The cabin looks like it has room for 10 people. Seems they are only claiming four: Astrium says there will be room for four passengers on each mission. Towards the top of the climb, these individuals will be able to float free in the cabin and look through large windows at the planet below. But if you look at how much space they have - its what you'd expect if you spend 200,000 dollars. How about if you spend $40,000, could you fly across the Atlantic in an hour, with 10 in the cabin? |
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:41:00 -0700, Alex Terrell
wrote: On 14 Jun, 00:32, Rick Jones wrote: Alex Terrell wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm The cabin looks like it has room for 10 people. Seems they are only claiming four: Astrium says there will be room for four passengers on each mission. Towards the top of the climb, these individuals will be able to float free in the cabin and look through large windows at the planet below. But if you look at how much space they have - its what you'd expect if you spend 200,000 dollars. How about if you spend $40,000, could you fly across the Atlantic in an hour, with 10 in the cabin? You could do it, along with 100 others, in a little over 3 hours for less than US$4000 .... and still wearing ordinary clothing. But that was 30 years ago and things have progressed since then. No floating around though but you can experience that, albeit short term, for almost next to nothing now. -- |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
Alex Terrell wrote:
: :http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm : :I wonder if they'll be able to compete with Virgin. : :Will this prompt Boeing into the market? : I doubt it. Reading the article, this sounds more like marketing than a business plan. Still "looking for industrial partners over the next year" and at the stage were "if development work starts". : :Could this be used for high speed point to point flights? The cabin :looks like it has room for 10 people. : The article says 4 passengers. I doubt it would be any faster than other airplanes used point to point. -- "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." --George Bernard Shaw |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
Alex Terrell wrote:
:On 14 Jun, 00:32, Rick Jones wrote: : Alex Terrell wrote: : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm : The cabin looks like it has room for 10 people. : : Seems they are only claiming four: : : Astrium says there will be room for four passengers on each : mission. Towards the top of the climb, these individuals will : be able to float free in the cabin and look through large : windows at the planet below. : :But if you look at how much space they have - its what you'd expect if :you spend 200,000 dollars. : :How about if you spend $40,000, could you fly across the Atlantic in :an hour, with 10 in the cabin? : No. Too far and too many people. -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
In article .com,
Alex Terrell wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm Interesting. I'd be a bit nervous about reentry in that thing, though -- if the pilot gets the attitude wrong (or the RCS fails somehow), you won't be a meteor, but you'll play one on TV. |
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EADS going for sub orbital tourist flights
On 18 Jun, 23:16, Joe Strout wrote:
In article .com, Alex Terrell wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6749873.stm Interesting. I'd be a bit nervous about reentry in that thing, though -- if the pilot gets the attitude wrong (or the RCS fails somehow), you won't be a meteor, but you'll play one on TV. What if the pilot gets a heart attack? Single pilot operations aren't allowed on commercial airliners. |
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