Will the Virgin Galactic 2 Lift Off?

[youtuubbguy66]

Imagine how open your mind becomes after a single trip into Space. Every human should have this chance when young. I think this would kick some serious evolution.

[Ohnoezhumenz]

I would sell my soul 10 times over to have the chance to get to outer space.

[THEHERO022010]

Amazing!

[Delisle4]

NASA and private space agencies have been working with anti-gravity. Why is Virgin Atlantic still messing with planes, runways and gas propulsion?!?!

[cabbievonbump]

@Delisle4 My knee jerk answer? Practicality. "If it ain't broke . . ." Think about it. Most inventions over the past 2 centuries started with essentially off-the-shelf parts in the conceptual/prototype/proof of concept stage.

[applesweeter]

Dear All,

I have some questions about psychology:

(1) Why do we love flying?

(2) why do we enjoy space travel?

(3) Why do we want to design and to build new spacecrafts for commercial space travel?

(4) In zero gravity, what is the favorite thing that space tourists will like to do?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE for your creative ideas and brainstrom!!! :)

[cabbievonbump]

@applesweeter

1. To soar beyond our land bound constraints.

2. Because we are all explorers at heart, some more wanderlustful than others.

3. Because, eventually, we will truly be a space faring rage, not just one that orbits this rock called Earth.

4. REALLY act out the Blue Danube from 2001 :-)

[circusboy90210]

that's what nasa is for to get rid of these glitches so that private sector companies can win off the tech it creates. anybody can use nasa tech, it's open source;

[Axenmoon]

wow this guy is a dick or a moron I dont know which. i love when people say oh it will never work and they shut the fuck up afterwards or try to say they said it would work

[MajorWales]

But the ship is cut off from air, or it would leak oxygen, so it would need an air compressor or something aboard? Also, if this form of transport comes into use, as in instead of aircraft, wouldn't people who don't like the g's just fly in them? I don't think so, so they would need to limit the amount of g's they use.

Also, the amount of g's on the spacecraft could cause it to have a structure failure over time?

[Idontknow134]

I would assume that they have a re-breather on board, as the flight is two hours, and the cabin is probably a pressurized, closed system. They do periodical inspections of aircraft, to make sure vital parts don't fail, and they would do the same here. They would probably have to make the acceleration more gradual if they were to do commercial flights this way, though that probably won't happen any too soon.

[circusboy90210]

@MajorWales have you ever heard of the words "air tight"

[Gig540]

@MajorWales Good thought there! How about you save your ticket and stay on the ground and stick to YouTube videos. Much safer to talk about it rather than do it. Requires no thought at all

[MajorWales]

All the money NASA made went to testing things, such as putting a spider on marijuana, caffiene etc, (found in local sources)

[rivergusss]

Con las nuevas reformas en contra de las emisiones de co2, estas virguerias de uso recreativo se van a quedar en eso, en simples maquetas...

[santa3434]

makes me think a lot less of NASA....with all that gov't money, and they can't come up with anything. Which makes me wonder, where has all of our tax money to NASA really gone???

[coasterpro]

>> with all that gov't money, and they can't come up with anything

When we think about NASA we think about astronauts and the space shuttle. But it's not actually NASA's mission to put astronauts into space. It's NASA's mission to put the equipment on board the into space. The people are just there to facilitate that.

[mesofius]

Can't come up with anything!? How about the last 20 years yielding the most amazing discoveries of Solar System ever? Idiot.

[MrRockyramjet]

Commercial airliners have back up systems for most everything ie 2 or 4 engines etc. A commercial spacecraft should have the same considerations.

As for G's if you don't like the roller coaster at your local amusement park perhaps space travel is not for you.

[MajorWales]

problems:

#1 - what if people dont like the g's of the quick pull up?

#2 - what if the engine(s) fail to start?

#3 - What if the oxygen supply fails to work?

#4 - What if the fuel supply gets damaged before entering the atmosphere again?

i'm only taking the facts that may happen to the Aircraft while on its route to wherever.

also:

Are they gonna make a large spaceport?

[curtisarends]

1. If you can't withstand the G's, u wont make it through the training.

2. The spaceship will glide like it normally does

3. You are only in space for 4 minutes. Backup oxygen is probably available neways.

4. Again, the engine will stop and the plane will glide again. Yes, Spaceport America is currently being built.

[ronicKing]

man shut da fuck up...just bend ova and sux ur own cock...... shit kunt

[RarewareLover]

they'll only be in space for about four minutes

[mattbourke]

do you know how long the first flight went for?

[ilovepancakeswithjam]

haha and how mush would this cost out of the pocket.

[MrRockyramjet]

In response to the destination...these guys have plans for a luxury space hotel. Furthermore think of the cargo possibilities Virgin Galactic now has. The final frontier is now officially open.

[MrRockyramjet]

Obama is killing NASA this is why. Bye Bye NASA Hello privatized space travel. That was the original mission of the shuttle anyway. The whole system was supposed to be sold to private industry after NASA got it up and running.

[MrLucabrasi1985]

Grande progetto!!!

[datzfast]

this is a dead project

[mjbatesable]

well done britain!!!! gettin us in 2 space :D well done branson!!

[animeownage86]

She's got the right name!

[MaLcH10R]

we will boldly go where no one has gone before.

[Thinkproduction]

sweet i'm doing a speech on this at school! so thanks for the info!

[backagian33]

ian brown F.E.A.R

[lootra]

so virgin really is the commercial master...

they own everything from their brand of cola, to trains, NOW THIS!? oh please!!

[marknz101nz]

Hey come on now

space travel is the ultimate dream!

[erikman89]

dont forget the record company, cell phone carrier, and airlines. lol

[js21392]

there is no record company annymore!!

[barpitrider]

this will open up new doors for people who want to be an astronot. they might would open up schools to train students that dont have to have military training. and air line pilots could up grade their license to space line pilot or some thing like that. but thats just a thought.

[JoshuaGodinez]

I'm glad someone did a follow-up story on Scaled Composite's explosion, but the description of this video made it seem like there would be more than you would learn from a press release and there wasn't. This was a straightforward booster piece, which is fine with me, rather than what it was described to be.

[JamesF63]

I love this stuff. It's a real adventure. However, I really think anti-gravity technology is going to steal the show in the not too distant future.

[devonair2121]

Yes but traveling from L.A. to London using this technology would only take 4 hours at the most. This project not specifically aimed at that, but once it becomes an entrepreneur investment, the science progresses and soon (decade or so) we'll find ourselves traveling the world quickly.

[turfturbo]

One thing. With all former forms of transportation, flight, ship etc. Theres always been a destination. Here there is no destination, Its go out and return. At such a huge cost plus the danger involved this will remain a very limited enterprise for the forseeable future.

[ryan1111111555555555]

tell me how that rollercoaster thing works again?

[CesarNostradame]

You take some nitrogen.You put it in a metal compaction. Then you put some electro to it. And! a flying boyant metal thing

[heavenwarz]

space isnt entertainment.. space has too much unknown at this point in time for us to seek entertainment from it. i think ppl's lives are at huge risk here and i think its not a good idea

[Jmcenanly]

There is about as much danger in space travel today as there was in air travel a century ago

[PrH1ndo]

What the Virgin Galactic 2 wants to do is to explore and give people a sense of space travel, yes it is unknown, but a chance to go up there is something amazing. Plus it would give people a chance to think more on the advances of space technology, and considering the fact that it costs big money in order to actually get a flight on that thing, hopefully those rich dudes are willing to fund some more space missions

[fatjohn1408]

the risk is not as high as you think it is. Because it's still at relatively low speeds. They gow as high as what? Mach 3,5? Space shutle endures mach 25. My guess is that it's a little bit unsafer then the concorde which only crashed once in thousands and thousands of flights.

[ogicabp4u]

How do you think air travel got started? DUH!

[maxtrinz1]

i couldnt agree more, all the great advances in the future in respect to space travel will come not from government space agencies but from private companies looking to out sell their competitors

[yoshimaroka]

@maxtrinz1 How do you think the government gets money? Through extortion.

Private companies are voluntary agencies and do not rely on violence (or threats of) to fund their prospective space programs.

That is the future

[stumpbust]

love or hate Branson, certainly this is a necessary first step towards bringing space travel to the public domain. NASA does good science, but profit, or the potential for profit, has always been the great motivator of technological advance (or at least the practical application thereof).

[wernershmidt]

By Longgonetoo`s comments I see you have been fooled by ' Branson The Pied Piper' as well ? He blows his tune and the loyalists follow.Thats his trick, preach that he is the fighter for the underdog,the ' nice guy', Mr Do Good .. He is a snake charmer and you are the enticed snake.Work for one of his companies and get burned and you too would wake up to a reality check.He is as as false as his promises to his staff... A true pig.

[longgonetoo]

Hey wernerschmidt, what a particularly ungenerous resumé! Do you really think you can accurately fill us in on Branson's motivation? Money plays its part in all innovation of course; but it's foolish to immediately dismiss a project as the result of money hunger when there are so many more likely scenarios. You think the man's interest lies just in making himself more comfortable, rather than in adding value to other people's lives too? Lighten up and appreciate a class act when you see one.

[wernershmidt]

You call Branson a class act ?? My opinion remains,as I stated, he is a self interested money hungry pig.Perhaps you have some fabulous insight into ' the man' you want to share ? What value does he add to life by participating in ozone destruction friend ?? I am a ' lightened up' kind of person, I just hate deception and falseness, and once you have been burned by Branson and one of his companies, you would understand.....

[wernershmidt]

More Branson shite..Loves to play the 'underdog', ' the do gooder', ' the man trying to save the world from blood thirsty companies' !! Full of crap. Just another money hungry slug, charging the public to wreck the ozone in his Galactcrap ship ! What a trashbag.Piss on him and any of his companies.And yes, I am a former employee shat on while his 'golden boys', a ' chosen few' are made multi millionaires ! When will the public really see what this joke of a human is all about ??

[StarmanRich]

There were loads of engineers there ... and quite a few scientists too !

[eleanorroosevelt1]

This is a stark contrast to NASA. You've got a hundred adventurers, entrepeneurs and marketing gurus, and not one actual scientist or engineer in sight.

[dude58677]

Burt Rutan is the engineer and he is as brilliant as Warner von Braun.

There is no heated reentry because the back wings flip up causing drag to slow the descent of the space craft and the slowing of the space craft reduces friction.

[Gerardsp]

The wings flipping up -- known in Burt Rutan's terminology as "carefree re-entry" -- are for the purpose of automatically aligning the vehicle to the correct attitude for re-entry. The Space Shuttle, conversely, has to be aligned to the correct entry attitude by use of attitude control thrusters.

[Gerardsp]

I forgot to mention that my reply was posted to address dude58677's comment which stated that "...the wings flip up to slow the descent of the space craft" only.

[MisterGaines]

space ship two - last summer 3 killed at scaled composites -