OT: Virgin Galactic

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by marciero

As I said, not well-defined.

somewhere between 50 and 62 nautical miles...that's a reasonably well defined band!

[bronk]

I prefer how Bezo's ex-wife is spending her billions.

[BobbyJones]

Some weird a** comments on this one!

[professerr]

Originally Posted by wallymann

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), an international standard-setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, defines the Kármán line as the altitude of 100 kilometres (54 nautical miles; 62 miles; 330,000 feet) above Earth's mean sea level.

NASA, the US Space Force, US Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration define the boundary as 50 miles (80 km) above sea level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line

Wait what -- wiki says this isn't even low earth orbit. Is there any other use for this other than a joy ride? If not, is this a stepping stone for using this technology for something more useful?

[gasman]

Originally Posted by professerr

Wait what -- wiki says this isn't even low earth orbit. Is there any other use for this other than a joy ride? If not, is this a stepping stone for using this technology for something more useful?

Not from what I can tell. $28 million joy rides !

[Elefantino]

Silliness cuts across all socio-economic lines.

[guyintense]

Originally Posted by professerr

Wait what -- wiki says this isn't even low earth orbit. Is there any other use for this other than a joy ride? If not, is this a stepping stone for using this technology for something more useful?

But this technology is from the 50s. Remember the X-plane project? The X-15 in particular.

[Morgul Bismark]

The current state of the Branson and Bezos efforts are pretty underwhelming. At 50 miles or 62 miles, both are essentially conducting ballistic trajectories. Branson is roughly recreating the X-15 (sub-orbital plane released from the underside of a B-52) and Bezos is recreating the sub-orbital Freedom 7 Mercury launch.

Today just proves Elon Musk and SpaceX are orders of magnitude farther ahead. SpaceX is the real deal with 20+ resupply flights to the ISS, manned flights to LEO, and manned flights to the ISS. That's even before you get to SpaceX supplying the DoD with launch vehicles for some of the most important National Security mission.

Bezos and Branson are just taking the baby steps that NACA/NASA took in the late 1950s/early 1960s.

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by bronk

I prefer how Bezo's ex-wife is spending her billions.

Indeed.


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[tkbike]

If you have the money, can’t you spend it as you want? I don’t get this whole idea of telling people how they should be spending money they earned! It sounds like pure jealousy to me!
It’s a sad life you live if you think you can define another’s life!!!!!

[William]

AND DANG THOSE F1 BILLIONAIRE/MILLIONARE PEOPLE TOO!!! AND ALL THE ONES WHO SPONSOR THE TOUR DE FRANCE...AND, AND, AND, TREK AND SPECIALIZED!!! AND LET'S NOT FORGET THOSE BILLIONAIRE TECH PEOPLE!!! DANG THEM ALL!!!









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[azrider]

Originally Posted by steveoz

So did he say if it's flat or round?

[BobbyJones]

Originally Posted by tkbike

If you have the money, can’t you spend it as you want? I don’t get this whole idea of telling people how they should be spending money they earned! It sounds like pure jealousy to me!
It’s a sad life you live if you think you can define another’s life!!!!!

Yup. Y’all need to read some Ayn Rand or something.

[tkbike]

I just finished reading “we the living”!

[William]

Y’all need to read some Ayn Rand or something.

I just finished reading “we the living”!

Y'all are in the wrong thread right now!

https://forums.thepaceline.net/showt...hlight=reading





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