This isn't the sort of space flight I'm interested in.
Sure you might be able to reach 100km, just. You're not staying there though.
Suborbital spaceflight serves no practical purpose anymore. To all intents and purposes this is just an expensive fairground ride.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 21:15,
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But it's not astronauts
It's a step in the right direction. Right?
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Fri 31 Oct 2014, 21:23,
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It's a step down the wrong path though.
This isn't a route that will end up with mass access to space. It's hard to see how this technology could even be expanded to put a single human in orbit.
Elon Musk is on the right track - his stated goal is to get to Mars. Everything that SpaceX does advances progress towards that goal. That's the right direction - not a five minute vomit comet ride for those with too much spare cash.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 21:46,
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Oooh, mind the piss
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 21:49,
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Fair point
But I'd rather Virgin Galactic than some Red Bull cock making a parachute jump.
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After you my dear Alfonse No. After you., Fri 31 Oct 2014, 21:57,
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In related news:
Felix Baumgartner's record was broken this week. You probably didn't hear about that though as he was sponsored by Google, not Red Bull.
www.theguardian.com/science/video/2014/oct/25/google-executive-alan-eustace-jumps-space-felix-baumgartner-record-video
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 31 Oct 2014, 22:07,
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