Virgin Galactic rolls out EVE, the first WhiteKnightTwo ...

Virgin Galactic is on the verge of forever changing the face of human space flight. Yesterday they rolled out EVE which is one of the two ships needed to send private astronauts in to space for $200,000 per ticket. While that may sound like a lot keep in mind that current tickets to space cost around $25,000,000 so we're on the right track.

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[supergarret]

Does not but u into low earth orbit. big mistake for a specialist. it is a sub earth orbit. lol.

[spacevidcast]

Yeah, I just caught that... I can't believe we missed that, TWICE in the video. ***SUB ORBITAL FLIGHT***

[Gornin8]

I rated it 1 star cuz this crap video poped up without my permission in the middle of a trance video.

[spacevidcast]

So because you can't figure out YouTube you rate the video lower. Nice, thanks for that.

[spacevidcast]

I completely disagree. VG has gone out of their way to create an eco-friendly rocket for SS2 and even then the rocket won't fire until it is at the very edge of our atmosphere so the impact will be minimal.

Even outside of that, as mentioned in the video they have driven the cost down from many, many millions to hundreds of thousands. In a couple years it will be tens of thousands. Then thousands. This is the first great leap forward in 30 years and is going to open up space travel, IMO!

[windex72]

Im not going to trust someone who can't spell "pilot".

[nobaddayscabo]

i agree that responsible technology is important. some research of them will show that low eco impact is important to their business plan. many of today's technolgies we enjoy are products of the space program. competition for NASA is a good thing. the more competition in space will eventually enable the regular joe's like me and presumably you to take a "joy ride" or more importantly - to be able to travel intercontenental in a fraction of the time it takes now and for a fraction of the cost.

[Nibinaear]

So he said 2010. It is now Aug/2011 at time of writing. Have there been delays and when will we see the first flight?

[TakeBackTheWorld]

EVE? You're gonna get sued by CCP. :/

[Dragoskunky]

hey ben still think 2010 is the year of seeing regular Virgin Galactic flights

[gugger77]

@supergarret not once did i state that high earth orbit or low earth orbit didnt orbit the earth, i was stating the fact that the root word "sub" in "suborbit" is implying below, which it is

[gugger77]

@supergarret why would i be upset you only proved me right, you stated nothing against the shuttle being in " LOW EARTH ORBIT" dum dum dum...

[supergarret]

@gugger77 Sorry to upset you but I actually had a reply from the guy who runs the show and he told me he did make a mistake. Low earth orbit is where things like the space shuttle travel. High earth orbit is where geo-static satalites are. BUT BOTH ORBIT THE EARTH. Sub earth orbit means the ship does not go around the earth. This means straight up into space and back down without going around the earth.

[gugger77]

@supergarret or he ment to say low :/. sub is implying "below", sub orbit "below orbit", this is not his intended word as he means "low" but still in orbit..

[ceafexftw]

I'm pretty sure Virgin has enough money to keep this going =)