Virgin Galactic, Branson's space venture

[tater]

3 minutes ago, insert_name said:

Is that NG's bid for XS-1 with the Virgin galactic logo photoshopped on it?

No. The XS-1 concept had Virgin actually doing the operations, so that's the image as NG published it.

[Mad Rocket Scientist]

5 hours ago, tater said:

Heheh:

 

I appreciate that they properly credited Northrop Grumman though.

[DDE]

1 hour ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

I appreciate that they properly credited Northrop Grumman though.

Properly trained intern, but cannot into actual Sputnik.

Anyway, image is still up.

Oh, and an Ultima Thule imagery article is second from the top... in the Business section.

Edited February 23, 2019 by DDE

[sh1pman]

29 minutes ago, DDE said:

Properly trained intern, but cannot into actual Sputnik.

Anyway, image is still up.

Oh, and an Ultima Thule imagery article is second from the top... in the Business section.

These “journalists” are likely unable to tell Sputnik from Soyuz MS. Or Soyuz FG from Saturn V. Good coverage of space-related news in the “normie” media is uncommon. Good analysis is nonexistent.

 

[DDE]

31 minutes ago, sh1pman said:

Good coverage of space-related news in the “normie” media is uncommon.

Especially when it explicitly models itself on Buzzfeed and draws from the exact same recruitment pool.

[kerbiloid]

What was flying aside to make this photo?

[Ultimate Steve]

1 hour ago, kerbiloid said:

What was flying aside to make this photo?

Which one?

[kerbiloid]

5 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said:

Which one?

Spoiler

21 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said:

On 2/23/2019 at 6:16 PM, tater said:

 

 

 

"(PHOTO)"

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by kerbiloid

[Ultimate Steve]

@kerbiloid Can't tell if you're joking but that's a render in case you aren't.

[kerbiloid]

1 minute ago, Ultimate Steve said:

@kerbiloid Can't tell if you're joking but that's a render in case you aren't.

I'm just reading the capture and looking at the picture.

[DDE]

12 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

I'm just reading the capture and looking at the picture.

Sputnik and RT use a tag like that to indicate that the article includes a non-stock photo.

In this case, evidenty, this is ‘their’ photo:

 

[kerbiloid]

Spoiler

5 minutes ago, DDE said:

Sputnik and RT use a tag like that to indicate that the article includes a non-stock photo.

In this case, evidenty, this is ‘their’ photo:

 

 

Your face when you realize that you are flying in a plane with no air outside...

Edited February 25, 2019 by kerbiloid

[Xd the great]

1 hour ago, kerbiloid said:

Your face when you realize that you are flying in a plane with no air outside...

Why is she wearing sunglasses?

[Reactordrone]

14 minutes ago, Xd the great said:

Why is she wearing sunglasses?

It's sunny outside.

[kerbiloid]

51 minutes ago, Xd the great said:

Why is she wearing sunglasses?

Traditions.

Spoiler

 

[tater]

 

[DDE]

On 3/1/2019 at 9:05 PM, tater said:

 

That thumbnail tho.

[Nightside]

1 hour ago, DDE said:

That thumbnail tho.

Yeah, that’s an unfortunate freeze frame, if you watch the video she is actually a normal looking human.

[tater]

 

[DNKKING]

I like Virgin Galactic

[tater]

 

 

[DNKKING]

Virgin Galactic is in KSP

[ZooNamedGames]

On 5/11/2019 at 11:24 AM, DNKKING said:

Virgin Galactic is in KSP

I assume you're referring to the stock Stratolauncher craft in the game.

Which is a different vehicle from VG's 'Cosmic Girl' 747.

[tater]

 

[tater]

Interesting. Gonna tag @mikegarrison here, as this relates to the SpaceX P2P concept, but seems more plausible to me (though I'd consider it only marginally so, it obviously faces some similar hurdles safety wise).