OT: Virgin Galactic

[Elefantino]

Branson is on his way to "space."

The cost for a commercial flight is $28 million.

Ahem.

[dave thompson]

Regardless of the economic/political/personal machinations and hand-wringing, this is a pretty damn great accomplishment. I watched it live and cried.

[guyintense]

I watched it too and noticed that they never mentioned Burt Rutan. Not once.

[FlashUNC]

I'm guessing Branson didn't acknowledge the one test pilot who died and the other who barely survived in the development of this nonsense project.

[Clean39T]

They say seeing the planet from space changes you…..

I guess that’s the best we can hope for these… um.. people.


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[fignon's barber]

I envisioned something a little more modern looking. Looks like it should have an 8 track in the cockpit.

[SoCalSteve]

Originally Posted by Elefantino

Branson is on his way to "space."

The cost for a commercial flight is $28 million.

Ahem.

Do you get peanuts with that?

[bicycletricycle]

Pretty cool achievement.

Lots of grumps around here

[prototoast]

Thank god space travel is no longer limited to only hard-working, highly-qualified, underpaid civil servants.

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by dave thompson

Regardless of the economic/political/personal machinations and hand-wringing, this is a pretty damn great accomplishment. I watched it live and cried.

virgin galactic has already done this flight profile many times.

whats the new "accomplishment" for today's flight -- a billionaire ride-along?

hell, soyuz has already done that...and gone further to orbit and dock with ISS.

the virgin galactic team has indeed done a fair bit of innovation getting to this point -- props to the engineers, but today was just a publicity stunt.

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by prototoast

Thank god space travel is no longer limited to only hard-working, highly-qualified, underpaid civil servants.

That is exactly what I was thinking, unless you are being sarcastic, are you being sarcastic?

[bicycletricycle]

Originally Posted by wallymann

virgin galactic has already done this flight profile many-many times.

whats the new "accomplishment" for todays flight -- a billionaire ride-along?

hell, soyuz has already done that...and gone further to orbit and dock with ISS.

Man rides on the space ship he owns. Didn’t require the involuntary funding by threat of jail of hundreds of millions of people to get there.

[54ny77]

Does it come with a Rapha spacesuit?

[joosttx]

I wish I was was as rich as Branson then I would have something positive to say about a very accomplishment person. But jealousy and self loathing prevent me doing so. I think I’ll go yell at a cloud.

[buddybikes]

I just couldn't stand the bubble gum commentator/reporter, I want to hear the live base to whatever you want to call it like NASA.