Richard Branson, Sergei Zhukov and Ronald Heister talk about commercial space flight

[zackw419]

Richard Branson has his swag set on max

[Spacelines]

The human evolution and economic development benefits dwarf the costs and disasters which will inevitabley happen with any high risk & reward endeavor. I look forward to the cost model analysis and total benefits to the biosphere of point to point travel for long haul flights. A revolution in new fuels and propulstion are just around the corner.

[uszoninyc]

I love how Beanson blows off the whole question of real, affordable inter-continental flight ('at a fraction of the SPEED' - huh??). 'one day, perhaps. Engineers are working on it.' riiiiiigggghhhhttt.

[uszoninyc]

At $200,000 for apps 5 MINUTES of weightlessness, that's a great deal. For BRANSON.