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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