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Virgin Galactic flight to the edge of space: your questions answered
British business mogul Richard Branson is going to the edge of space with three other people. If the flight goes as planned, Branson will be the first billionaire to reach space on his own commercial vehicle, pipping rival Jeff Bezos by a little more than a week. (www.theguardian.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Would like to see Sir Richard in charge of Boeing, many Americans would change their opinion about this man.
I like Neil Young’s definition “out of the blue, and into the black”
Does anyone know why Branson's ship didn't have a nose wheel, but instead had some sort of skid pad? That struck me as odd and I can't think of a reason why they would do that.
to save weight and space. If you look at the Unity they would have needed a larger nose to house landing gear.
Considering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster had Japan raising the safe level of radiation 200 times over the previous safe limit I guess it cool picking the lowest altitude number to say he made space. Well about as cool as Japans way of setting the numbers figures dirty nukes are okay.
What a waste! Tons of pollution to boost ones ego
You missed the part where both he and Musk as well as Bezos are not competing with each other for ego. They are launching their own space tourist businesses which hopefully will come down in price per seat as more vehicles are built. Jealous much?