He wasn’t even up there long enough to fuck a mother. Maybe that should be the definition of motherfucking space, be up there long enough to fuck a mother.
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I read this comment thrice trying to find the point but it still eludes me.
These figures are wildly misleading however. They are calculated based on the cost of the entire program divided by the of flights. While these include shipping and modification of v2 rockets, building of space facilities in the US, building of tracking networks, building of componant manufacturing facilities, etc.
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And yet, you haven’t. I’m with Eric, do one orbit. Then I’ll pat you on the back. Till then Branson is just an ultra rich douche, looking for attention for being an ultra rich douche, and he gets plenty of that.
The Virgin craft looks like an upscale executive jet, nice big windows and luxe seating. Some neat application of available tech but not really a lot new.
Man, astonished by the desire to lick boots in the comments of this blog!
Yeah, I don’t get the orbit requirement as the definition of space. While perhaps Branson didn’t reach high enough to be considered space, completing an orbit isn’t necessary to “reach space” (even though it’s a bigger accomplishment than sub-orbital flight).
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.
Its both very cool that he did this, and also seems so pointless. Most experiments you’re doing in 2 minutes of weightlessness can be done on the vomit comet, the notion that this is for research is such a laughable concept.
It’s 80K vs 100K, and what the USA recognizes I guess. However, I think orbit for 1 earth rotation should be the standard to go by. $250K for a minute and a half in space, seems like a waste of money
One can dream