Exclusive Video of Virgin Galactics Test Flight

[Dynamo9784]

Roberts,

the idea they are using is the easiest way to put an aircraft into what is considered the begining of space. I believe 60 miles up. The airforce did this with the x-1 through x-15 in the 50's and 60's because it was so easy. In this case the mothership carries the spacecraft up to high altitude and high airspeed before it is on its own, therefore the rocket can carry less of its dangerous rocket fuel. Do research before you say stupid things.

[coastermonger]

And yet, by starting the launch at 50,000 feet instead of ground level it allows you to use less fuel and get farther into space by starting out lighter. It also eliminates the problems of having to accelerate through the thicker and denser portions of the lower atmosphere, which makes the construction of the ship more economical and the ride safer.

[RobertsDigital]

yeah?....What about toilet? What if a passenger needed to poop? The aircraft looks so tiny that i hardly believe there is a toilet in it ...You know "travelers diarrhea" can also be a serious issue these days for flyers. The toilet has to be fully fuctional in space too as well an within the earth's gravity. That means the toilet needs a sunction kind of technology on it, but i dont see any of that stuff here...Have they considered these too?

[Dynamo9784]

wow you are dumb

[covingtonium]

they will force paying participants to shit before you moron.

[RobertsDigital]

It looks so ugly for a space plane. Looks like it is designed by 7 year old kiddies.

Is that the junkie that will fly out of the earths atmosphere? Will joining 2 planes together wing by wing make it look like a space place or a junk of hammered metal by middle school grads. The design is terrible. By the way does it have toilets?

What about re-entry safety? Can that junk withstand the pressure and heat that will bombard it like the space shuttle?

[RobertsDigital]

Besides the aircraft design looks like a WWI flying plane than a futuristic aircraft.

It has absolutely nothing to do with future flying because it's design look like it was done by confused school kids...

[coastermonger]

Also fortunately, the wings fold upward for a very high drag re-entry, which means it will not experience anything near the pressure and heat that the space shuttle does, and it also eliminates the need for expensive heat dissipating materials and complex computer controls to properly orient the craft. This again makes the ride safer than the space shuttle, because it will not experience burn-up disasters like the space shuttle columbia did in 2003.

[covingtonium]

jesus man you are a complete fucking idiot

[RobertsDigital]

@covingtonium so is your mom & you too..

[blacknwhitehat]

it would be so weird to fly

[SERIIOUS24]

there might be spaceship dog fights with lasers by 2020...

[BryansU2B]

would think there would be too much stress where the two join.

[GeigerJ2]

What the hell is with the two-fuselage design?!?!

[stevecheese3]

It's so that it can launch a rocket while in mid-air. It's strapped between the two fuselages.

[DamnitHurley]

Looks ugly as hell.

[Shilltastic]

OH MY GOSH!

Look at all the "chemtrails" above the runway! Don't these pilots worry about them...or do they have the antidote? Oh....yeah, that must be it. They are "vaccinated" against the "chemtrail fallout".

Nevermind.

[ModNet2001]

SO!!

[HogieMorgan]

retarded plane lawl

[BOBMAN1980]

ooooooooooooooooo. . .they flew an airplane!!!

[legend0110]

Awesome, it's a space ship ~ not an airplane. this is the future of space travel - Woot!

[PonderLust]

It is an airplane, it launches a space ship...

[asilayloathing]

Siamese Planes? they must be Inbread!

[thermalfreek]

Congratulations!!!! Bravo!!!!

[djsuperstar717]

thats a space ship?

[phoo67]

nope just the plane that carries the spacecraft.

[psychodelicdragon]

put me in line for that trip!!!

hope that is a strong wing construction!!

[slaveofawal]

horrible teeth in space! space! space!

[jayskate92]

retarded looking

[ChovinIsDumb]

looks normal if you cross your eyes : P

[crazy8mopfo]

Cool.

[TheAlien555]

weve?