“The Wright Brothers didn’t fly.”

In 1964, it was estimated that each X-15 flight cost about $270,000, or $2.3 million in 2021 money to fly one highly skilled test pilot to the edge of space. Also it took about 30 days to refurbish an X-15 for its next flight. That was actually a really good deal compared with the almost concurrent Gemini program which…

Erik gets paid whenever someone comments about how insubstantial his posts are. Congrats, you just bought him dinner!

Branson experienced brief “zero gravity” because his “spaceship” was falling towards earth just like you would if you jumped out of a plane.

I’m not normally one to knock the writers of this site, I have stupid opinions too, but Eric consistently writes questionable content. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to stop clicking on his articles.

What he did is literally the same thing as what happens in the vomit commit- a parabolic flight path. It was just at higher altitude than in a 747.  Branson experienced brief “zero gravity” because his “spaceship” was falling towards earth just like you would if you jumped out of a plane.

Really?  I continue to wonder why is Erik Shilling still employed by this blog? I’ve yet to see anything of substance related to the automotive world (or plane/boat lopnik), in any of his writing. It’s all emotional psychobabble. I get the feeling he’s using us a cheap therapy outlet, instead of paying for the help he…

How ever much shade Erik wants to throw on this accomplishment, Virgin Galactic’s ship performed exactly as they planned and expected. In no way did it not achieve what they set out to do yesterday.

The government isn’t forking out the big bucks for Space Tourism, they’re forking out the big bucks for satellite delivery and trips to the ISS. If anything moving the space transport business to the private sector has dramatically reduced cargo delivery costs for the government.

This is fine and all but I find myself more impressed with James Cameron’s rich-guy feat than Branson or Bezos going into brief orbit.

*insert Stormy Daniels joke here*

Why the hate? Someone’s gotta fork over the big bucks if our governments won’t. Let the Bazillionare Space Race commence, and godspeed, I say. We’ll get some actual technological advancements that will further mankind’s journey into the cosmos, while also having a chance to witness some one-percenter explode on…

I think a ton of it was that the domestics were suddenly expected to compete in segments they didn’t take seriously, and borderline resented the consumers who bought those smaller, cheaper cars. The rest of the dominant car building world had just finished recovering from WWII, and didn’t have much space to begin…

Was coming in to make sure this was posted

I was once forced to take shelter from a tornado .under an overpass on the KS turnpike. Back then (before cellphone warnings), it was possible to get caught by surprise like that. I was driving a semi, lightly loaded, and the tornado was heading towards me from the side. Most of the 4-wheelers on the highway that day…

I’d have to see them before I can offer an opinion on whether or not they should, in fact, be out.

All I can say is, I hope it’s less of a disappointment than Black Widow. I won’t say Black Widow is bad, but I really thought the writing was sub-par. Poor in the same way that Captain Marvel’s writing was.

They were ruined.

They should cite Marvel case law surrounding Cobra’s creation of Cobra Island in the Gulf of Mexico and their immediate declaration of national sovereignty.