Will the Virgin Galactic 2 Lift Off?

Wired's Michael Belfiore goes past Virgin's PR machine to assess the problems of Virgin Galactic's space venture. Pilot Brian Binnie and passengers talk risks and rewards.

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• Binnie
• Virgin
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[marknz101nz]

Hey come on now

space travel is the ultimate dream!

[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

[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!

[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

[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

[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 :-)

[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.

[Delisle4]

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

[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!!! :)

[circusboy90210]

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