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God, I wanna go!
I want to go; but I do find it interesting they never mention how much it will cost you.
Terry
When Virgin Galactic was founded, they were aiming at $200,000 per person. Eventually they hope there will be enough people signing up after the first couple of years that they could drop it down to $100,000 per person.
Scott, you’re right. It is currently $200,000 with a deposit currently around $20,000. I clicked the link to purchase a ticket.
Guess I got you really interested when I mentioned it in the Moon Blog.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you, Mike, and the others already have arrangements to be among the first 1,000 in space.
Now I got lucky and struck it rich, damn straight I’m going to get a ride. Beats shelling out $30mil to be a Cosmonaut. :p
Just a shame Richard Branson is involved.
Why’s that?
Perhaps NASA could adopt this kind of transportation solution for crew transfers to the ISS.
Actually the first concepts for the space shuttle used that idea. But there was a limit to the payloads. So I have no idea why they havn’t gone back to the drawing boards and do just that.
I like the decal on the side that shows the progression of manned flight and the figure head with the spacesuit on. I wonder how quickly the costs will come down to something we’re all more likely to be able to afford? 10-15 years, maybe?
Ah, the good old VSS Enterprise (yes, that’s what he named it). I’ve been following this project from Day one, and it’s pretty exciting. Nice to see they’ve broken ground on the spaceport too
I’ve caught an update here and there, but this video is very exciting!! The fact that the spaceport is started makes it feel even more established and “real”.
I don’t imagine I’ll be able to experience it unless it comes down to something like $10,000 or better in the next decade or two – unlikely, I suppose, but possible!
Seem so close…
I wish they would get off of the environmental marketing talk. Carbon fiber is about as far from environmentally friendly as you can get. Then there is the rubber burning rocket engine(that is simplifying it a bit).
Although not without it’s flaws, here are some interesting things to keep in mind about carbon fiber composites and aircraft -
World air transport continues to grow strongly, with corresponding economic importance and ecological consequences. Advanced composite materials have the potential to reduce the weight of the fuselage of future commercial aircraft by 5-8 tons (c. 30 %). Over an aircraft’s lifetime this means fuel savings of c. 24 million litres of kerosene. This leads to a significant reduction in the associated emissions of pollutants. Additionally, new fiber composites have the potential to significantly decrease the manufacturing costs in comparison to current metal fuselage constructions.
Not only would these cheaper and strong fibers be made of recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose so therefor better for the environment, safety tests with the new fibers are showing that they are just as strong, if not stronger than ferrous materials. Fuselages made with plastic elements are neither as strong, nor good for the environment (PVCs keep us relying on the oil industry)
Yep, Burt and Sir Richard are quite the pair. I registered with the site. One way or the other, I’m goin’ up, eh. I can’t see the “how’s” of how that that will happen now, but I try never to get caught up in that. If I did, I’d just get bogged down in the obstacle-based-thinking counter-focus realm, and in my experience, visions rarely come to be if you get tangled up in doing that. So not for me, eh. I just keep the vision and focus at the forefront of my mind, and let the universe work out the details on its own, eh.
The hard part will be gettin’ C to come with me, as she’s claustrophobic (at this point anywho). She is a bit of a lemming though and follows me into any-and-all death-defying type of stuff, as she can’t bear the thought of not sharing the experience together. Still, she says, nope, not with space, way too scary to be trapped inside that tube. So again, I just envision her there with me, getting myself out of the way and just allow it work itself out along the way, eh.
Side note: I’m friends with Jeff Rutan, Burt’s son. He asked me onto a project for the San Diego Air & Space Museum, for a promotion of the 3D modeling software (modo) Jeff and I both use. Both Burt and his brother Dick gave me feedback and nice words of praise on the Sea DArt model on built.
Thanks, Doug!
LLP,
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Wow…I want to go so bad! Tad bit on the expensive side, but who knows? Perhaps this will spur other companies on to do something similar and create some competition that will help drive prices down.
The idea of seeing other such ships with WestJet or Air Canada livery reaching orbit pleases me.
Why dream small?
Thanks for the update, pal,… a wonderfully positive diamond in the ‘rough’ of today’s realities. Hopefully, as it comes to fruition, Virgin Galactic’s pioneering efforts will turn Nations’ gaze upward toward the stars instead of inward toward each other.
Andrew-