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Branson just did it. Looks like something to add to my bucket list.
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Just watched it.....pretty cool.
And it makes sense. I always thought, why would you use yuge rockets to propel your craft from the ground, when you could do what Branson just did.....use a plane to get your craft up as far as you can, to where the air gets thin, then use less power to propel your space-going craft the rest of the way? You use an inordinate amount of fuel just trying to gain speed and altitude just to get to 30 or 40 thousand feet, why not just start your journey from that altitude? |
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That’s WAY down my bucket list of things to spend lots of money on.
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More humans in space today than any time in history
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It was all sketchy about it happening until, mrvette, found the torque specs. and got all the bolts torqued down.
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Chuck Yeager, launched to break the speed of sound in a rocket plane at altitude.
It would be a fun ride when they light the rocket. The telemetry was cool. I know some SR71/U2 pilots skirted the edge of space. I don't know, if they crossed over the boundary or not? |
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If I had disposable income I would go up in a second
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If I had the money and inclination to do it, my preferences for who I would go with would be
Musk Branson Bezos |
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Air launch is safer for crew/ passengers. A rocket is nothing more than a ballistic weapon with a crew capsule replacing the warhead. If it has issues on take off, you die. In a lifted air launch if something goes wrong you clear the mothership and glide back down. Before the replacement program for Shuttle was canned one of the competing companies was proposing a 747 towed Orbiter for the safety factor......
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Oh look, that commie libtard Brian Stelter or whatever his name is went on record spounting off some bullshit questioning if space flight was a good idea during the times of KungFlu and global warming..err... what are they using now? Oh, that's right, Climate Change.
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