SpaceShipTwo makes first solo glide flight

i was reading this on the teletext. i dont know what to make of it. is it a good thing? i dont wont space ruined by the rich like earth as. besides that i dont think i'd go on the flight. i hate flying, i think i'd lay an egg if i went on one of these space flights.

Come on Virgin Galactic, I want to get into space already! If my generation doesn't experience space flight on a somewhat commercial level, I'm going to terrorize your ships as a ghost. Passenger: What .. What is that? Flight Attendant: Oh, that's just a disgruntled spirit who passed on in life before we finally went commercial. Passenger: He seems .. really angry. Will he go away? Flight Attendant: Frankly, I don't know. His generation experienced the most depressing era of manned space flight.

Tickets to ride aboard SpaceShipTwo cost $200,000. Some 370 customers have plunked down deposits totaling $50 million, according to Virgin Galactic. Take checks?

Take checks? Wow. I wonder how many hungry mouths can be fed with 50 million? Crazy.

Come on Virgin Galactic, I want to get into space already! If my generation doesn't experience space flight on a somewhat commercial level, I'm going to terrorize your ships as a ghost. Passenger: What .. What is that? Flight Attendant: Oh, that's just a disgruntled spirit who passed on in life before we finally went commercial. Passenger: He seems .. really angry. Will he go away? Flight Attendant: Frankly, I don't know. His generation experienced the most depressing era of manned space flight. Lol, I second this. I would haunt NASA myself. They really could use someone lighting a fire under ... [More]

You watch, Branson is the next Zephram Cochrane. lol

Wow. I wonder how many hungry mouths can be fed with 50 million? Crazy. Absolutely zero. Unless they can digest the paper. That 50 million will be spent to further more missions, pay employees, research, etc....not all of it is going to be locked away. As it works its way through their company and the companies that do business with them almost all of the people that are paid by that 50 million will spend that money to buy goods and services, which obviously helps those providing those goods and services. I'll venture that a lot of those folks give to their communities and charities as well. I... [More]

I think Bigalow has the right idea. Have an orbiting "Hotel" to fly to, spend a few days, then return. Now THAT would be a trip! http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/

I wonder when they are going to send it into space. It should be soon.

i was reading this on the teletext. i dont know what to make of it. is it a good thing? i dont wont space ruined by the rich like earth as. besides that i dont think i'd go on the flight. i hate flying, i think i'd lay an egg if i went on one of these space flights. Steve, I'm not so much interested at what Branson is involved with as I am with Rutan's design and how well it flies. This vehicle flew beautifully....a fantastic piece of aerodynamic work by perhaps the greatest aerodynamicist on the planet today. I'm intersted in the machine, and how she'll perform, rather than some commercial an... [More]