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  • #1

    SpaceShipTwo

    A full scale mockup of SS2 will be unveiled at NextFest in NYC tomorrow.

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    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps
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  • #2
    Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo Interior Concept
    http://www.space.com/news/060828_spaceshiptwo_next.html
    NEW YORK – Future passengers aboard Virgin Galactic spaceliners can look forward to cushioned reclining seats and lots of windows during suborbital flights aboard SpaceShipTwo, a concept interior of which was unveiled by British entrepreneur Sir Richard B
    Better to let one think you are a fool, than speak and prove it


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    • #3
      Eve & VSS Enterprise (Eve about the size of a 737)

      VSS Enterprise

      One happy billionaire

      SS1 up, VSS Enterprise mockup down (size of a Gulfstream V)

      Wheee....

      First class

      Sorry, no skyjackers
      Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 28 September 2006, 15:07.
      Dr. Mordrid
      ----------------------------
      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #4
        If I would be them I would seal off the cokpit completelly... (vomit )

        Also, related, I wonder if passenegers with unpleasant expeeirnce caused by...external factors will get second free ride...

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        • #5
          I wouldn't bet on it.

          Interesting aside: word is the new hybrid rocket uses paraffin (a hard wax) as a fuel instead of SS1's rubber. Cheap as dirt, easy as hell to cast, much more powerful, clean exhaust (CO2 & water vapor), wide throttle range, restartable etc. etc.
          Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 28 September 2006, 16:04.
          Dr. Mordrid
          ----------------------------
          An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

          I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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          • #6
            Ah, so they're copying the Mythbusters?

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            • #7
              And Mythbusters copied amature rocket builders who have been playing with paraffin for >15 years that I know of.
              Dr. Mordrid
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              An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

              I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
                I wouldn't bet on it.
                ...
                But seriously...wouldn't you like money back/free ride if the guy next to you covers you with his vomit during flight?

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                • #9
                  It's called 'a risk of the act', no different than if someone barfs on you during a boat ride
                  Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 30 September 2006, 16:19.
                  Dr. Mordrid
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                  An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

                  I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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