Virgin Galactic, Branson's space venture

[Nightside]

“Sorry*” 
*not sorry

Edited May 26, 2020 by Nightside

[Canopus]

2 hours ago, Nightside said:

“Sorry*” 
*not sorry

 VirginOrbit isn‘t exactly in competition with both SpaceX and ULA.

[Flavio hc16]

can i say that this is somewhat heartwarming? Some good competition 

 

Edited May 26, 2020 by Flavio hc16

[tater]

 

[RCgothic]

What I take from this is Virgin to get Spaceship used as a suborbital astronaut trainer for other orbital astronaut launch services.

[tater]

32 minutes ago, RCgothic said:

What I take from this is Virgin to get Spaceship used as a suborbital astronaut trainer for other orbital astronaut launch services.

Seems odd to me as their vehicle seems more risky than the commercial crew vehicles.

I'd ride New Shepard tomorrow if they offered it (free, lol). I'm not sure you could convince me to ride on Spaceship 2, ever.

Edited June 22, 2020 by tater

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[Ultimate Steve]

 

 

[Nightside]

Quote

From the video:

"For $1000 refundable deposit, be fron of line for newly released spaceflight reservations..."

What's the full price? When are they launching people?

[Ultimate Steve]

1 minute ago, Nightside said:

What's the full price? When are they launching people?

Probably around 300k, and hopefully eventually.

[Ultimate Steve]

 

Cabin reveal in a few days.

[tater]

Reveal live in under 30 minutes, FYI.

[tater]

 

[DDE]

On 7/28/2020 at 8:04 PM, tater said:

 

How bourgeois.

[mikegarrison]

The whole "and you can float around in the cabin!" thing just seems like a disaster waiting to happen. 5- or 6- point restraints can be quite fiddly to get into properly. And you don't have the luxury of unlimited time. I imagine there will be lots of practice sessions on the ground, but that may not be the same thing as doing it live.

Also, how will they handle/prevent "space adaptation syndrome"? It seems to be especially linked to moving around, so isn't it a problem to encourage passengers to move around?

[tater]

3 hours ago, mikegarrison said:

Also, how will they handle/prevent "space adaptation syndrome"? It seems to be especially linked to moving around, so isn't it a problem to encourage passengers to move around?

It's my understanding that most people don't get sick in the short timeframe of microgravity these people will experience. The hang time is ~4 minutes I think.

I think I read that the idea was if you do something like the vomit comet, it's not the first zero g that makes you barf, it's the fact they do multiples.

 

 

[tater]

 

[StrandedonEarth]

2 hours ago, tater said:

 

Nice looking bird; hope it pans out. So with current aerospace development timeframes, it'll likely be 5 years Elon Time aspirationally and 10 years realistically until we see taxi tests, if ever?

[mikegarrison]

There are a fair number of supersonic bizjets currently in development. AFAIK, none that are aiming for Mach 3, though.

[Ultimate Steve]

So this is aiming for the private jet market right?

[mikegarrison]

2 hours ago, Ultimate Steve said:

So this is aiming for the private jet market right?

19 seats is an important limit. It basically means bizjet rules, like only one door required.

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

To prevent the "space adaptation syndrome" and to prevent floating across the cabin, they should just give them metaclopramide before start.
The pax will be sleepy, non-vomiting, and wishing to hide under blanket and stay motionless.

 

[tater]