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Virgin Nails It

01/13/2014 11:29 AM

http://www.gizmag.com/spaceship2-virgin-galactic-supersonic-record- two newtwo new recordsbranson/30418/
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Re: Virgin Nails It

01/13/2014 3:07 PM

E ticket ride.
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01/13/2014 10:08 PM

$250,000.00 for the first 1000 reservations. Training and medical exam, entertainment on Branson's private island here and in the cold.

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Re: Virgin Nails It

01/14/2014 5:26 AM

(lower voice one octave)

"Hot dog Buck".
Bee dee bee dee bee dee
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Re: Virgin Nails It

01/14/2014 6:15 AM

mach 1.4 in 20 seconds. Makes me giggle inside to think of that kind of acceleration. I realize they were going a few hundred mph when dropped but still...holy moly!

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Re: Virgin Nails It

01/14/2014 8:05 AM

Giggle? Grunt is more like it. But, I'm with all of you. I WANT!!

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01/14/2014 11:22 AM

A quick calculation shows this to be about 2g. Similar to what dragsters achieve.
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01/14/2014 5:57 PM

that'll get the groceries home before they get warm
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Re: Virgin Nails It

01/14/2014 7:25 AM

-- But Orbital Sciences delivers the goods:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/23999/Private-Cygnus-Freighter-Berths-at-Space-Station-with-Huge-Science-Cargo-and-Ant-Colony.

BIG thumbs up for all private space ventures!

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