Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Animation

lol cool

I'd give up my wife and kids just for one trip. :D

How do they navigate that thing back down?

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The privite sector must go into space, so that we can stop fighting and killing each other, stop worring about over population, and develope new everything our futureis beyond lies the Earth. The earth is just a cradle for us, but like must children we grow up, and leave home and move out on our own ans start a new life in space, on other moons, planets, and space stations as we exstend our reach beyond!!!

The bottom line is that it all comes down to money, lots of money that just isn't there. (The money needed for such a task would greatly exceed the budget NASA had even during the Apollo era.)

NASA is limited only by the amount of money they receive (which is at an all time low).

Also Space Ship Two's flights will culminate to just a few minutes in sub-earth orbit, all for a price tag of $200,000 a ticket.

The Price will come down, like everything that we do, when people use it demand goes up the price will drecrese because more companies will want to provide the same service. The way that the companies can make money it to mine astroids, plus they can build hotels on them too! I would never want to fly with Nasa is is the most exspensive ride on the planet at $10,000 per pound, no one can afford that! I hope we will build our moon base in the next 10 years!

The price for Space Ship Two's flight may go down, but what about when Virgin develops a craft that goes farther into space? The price will go right up again. Space travel will never be cheap for the foreseeable future.

Also I don't know why people are comparing Virgin Galactic to NASA. NASA is a scientific institution not a cruise line. NASA doesn't mind though if some rich guy is willing to pay 6 million to tag along for a mission (the money will just alleviate mission cost after all.)

A $ 200,000 ticket for a flight that barley reaches sub earth orbit for a few minutes is preposterous.

Branson has a vision, and it's people like him that can drive things forward.

I wish him all the best and if this thing takes off, no pun intended, then people will realise there is major money to be made in this field.