Virgin Airlines to offer spaceflight

[Slammed90Lude]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/27...pace/index.html

seems a bit steep

 

[90 accord]

not really.

how much do you think it costs to develop the technology, test it, train the crew, and buy the fuel?

 

[phunky.buddha]

 

[Slammed90Lude]

no i understand the costs and if taken into consideration i can understand why the price has to be so high


i am under the impression though that this is basically go up, be weightless for 5 minutes and come down- unless it's to severly decrease travel times, i think it's pointless- I could find a lot better things to do with 180k than float in the air for 5 minutes but that's just MO

 

[90 accord]

Originally posted by Slammed90Lude@Sep 28 2004, 07:19 PM
no i understand the costs and if taken into consideration i can understand why the price has to be so high


i am under the impression though that this is basically go up, be weightless for 5 minutes and come down- unless it's to severly decrease travel times, i think it's pointless- I could find a lot better things to do with 180k than float in the air for 5 minutes but that's just MO

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i read somewhere a trip in space from new york to london would take ~90 minutes, compaired to the 12+ hours of a regular airplane..

 

[Slammed90Lude]

ok well in that case, yes it would certainly be worth it

but from what i read in that article it seemed like it was initially just going to be for fun

 

[MikeBergy]

All the rappers ands movie stars I guarantee would fork out that kind of cash. A lot of people probably carry that kind of cash in their shoe.

 

[Cashizslick]

Originally posted by Calesta@Sep 28 2004, 06:54 PM

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Dude, thats like, TOTALLY outta this world dude!

mAD k3Wl y0!

. . . dont quote me on this, but i think in Russia you can do that stuff alread - and fly a mig 29 lol.

 

[reckedracing]

Virgin Airlines to offer spaceflight, $189,000 for 5 minutes

that better come with a virgin for 5 minutes in zero G's for $189K...

 

[Battle Pope]

 

[Cashizslick]

Originally posted by reckedracing@Sep 29 2004, 10:28 AM

Virgin Airlines to offer spaceflight, $189,000 for 5 minutes

that better come with a virgin for 5 minutes in zero G's for $189K...

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hahaha . . .

but if you think about it, the entire thing is marketed toward people with too much money. . . . people like Gates, Trump, and of corse B.

 

[posol]

did you guys see the vid?
he almost crashed! LMAO

let me find it

 

[posol]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/29/s....cnn/index.html

 

[Celerity]

That barrel roll, and "loss of control" is called "Showboating". It's classic in x-perimental flight.

"oopoopoopoop There we go !"... Prolly staged.



-> Steve

It's still cool as hell. They crashed the spaceshipone in ... February I think. And it survived well.