Will the Virgin Galactic 2 Lift Off?

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Will the Virgin Galactic 2 Lift Off?

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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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space ship two - ... ( 8 months ago by MisterGaines)

space ship two - last summer 3 killed at scaled composites -

This is a stark ... ( 8 months ago by eleanorroosevelt1)

This is a stark contrast to NASA. You've got a hundred adventurers, entrepeneurs and marketing gurus, and not one actual scientist or engineer in sight.

There were loads of ... ( 8 months ago by StarmanRich)

There were loads of engineers there ... and quite a few scientists too !

More Branson shite. ... ( 8 months ago by wernershmidt)

More Branson shite..Loves to play the 'underdog', ' the do gooder', ' the man trying to save the world from blood thirsty companies' !! Full of crap. Just another money hungry slug, charging the public to wreck the ozone in his Galactcrap ship ! What a trashbag.Piss on him and any of his companies.And yes, I am a former employee shat on while his 'golden boys', a ' chosen few' are made multi millionaires ! When will the public really see what this joke of a human is all about ??

Hey wernerschmidt, ... ( 8 months ago by longgonetoo)

Hey wernerschmidt, what a particularly ungenerous resumé! Do you really think you can accurately fill us in on Branson's motivation? Money plays its part in all innovation of course; but it's foolish to immediately dismiss a project as the result of money hunger when there are so many more likely scenarios. You think the man's interest lies just in making himself more comfortable, rather than in adding value to other people's lives too? Lighten up and appreciate a class act when you see one.

You call Branson a ... ( 8 months ago by wernershmidt)

You call Branson a class act ?? My opinion remains,as I stated, he is a self interested money hungry pig.Perhaps you have some fabulous insight into ' the man' you want to share ? What value does he add to life by participating in ozone destruction friend ?? I am a ' lightened up' kind of person, I just hate deception and falseness, and once you have been burned by Branson and one of his companies, you would understand.....

By Longgonetoo`s ... ( 8 months ago by wernershmidt)

By Longgonetoo`s comments I see you have been fooled by ' Branson The Pied Piper' as well ? He blows his tune and the loyalists follow.Thats his trick, preach that he is the fighter for the underdog,the ' nice guy', Mr Do Good .. He is a snake charmer and you are the enticed snake.Work for one of his companies and get burned and you too would wake up to a reality check.He is as as false as his promises to his staff... A true pig.

love or hate ... ( 8 months ago by stumpbust)

love or hate Branson, certainly this is a necessary first step towards bringing space travel to the public domain. NASA does good science, but profit, or the potential for profit, has always been the great motivator of technological advance (or at least the practical application thereof).

i couldnt agree ... ( 8 months ago by 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

space isnt ... ( 8 months ago by heavenwarz)

space isnt entertainment.. space has too much unknown at this point in time for us to seek entertainment from it. i think ppl's lives are at huge risk here and i think its not a good idea

There is about as ... ( 8 months ago by Jmcenanly)

There is about as much danger in space travel today as there was in air travel a century ago

You take some ... ( 8 months ago by CesarNostradame)

You take some nitrogen.You put it in a metal compaction. Then you put some electro to it. And! a flying boyant metal thing

What the Virgin ... ( 8 months ago by PrH1ndo)

What the Virgin Galactic 2 wants to do is to explore and give people a sense of space travel, yes it is unknown, but a chance to go up there is something amazing. Plus it would give people a chance to think more on the advances of space technology, and considering the fact that it costs big money in order to actually get a flight on that thing, hopefully those rich dudes are willing to fund some more space missions

One thing. With all ... ( 7 months ago by turfturbo)

One thing. With all former forms of transportation, flight, ship etc. Theres always been a destination. Here there is no destination, Its go out and return. At such a huge cost plus the danger involved this will remain a very limited enterprise for the forseeable future.

Yes but traveling ... ( 7 months ago by devonair2121)

Yes but traveling from L.A. to London using this technology would only take 4 hours at the most. This project not specifically aimed at that, but once it becomes an entrepreneur investment, the science progresses and soon (decade or so) we'll find ourselves traveling the world quickly.

the risk is not as ... ( 7 months ago by fatjohn1408)

the risk is not as high as you think it is. Because it's still at relatively low speeds. They gow as high as what? Mach 3,5? Space shutle endures mach 25. My guess is that it's a little bit unsafer then the concorde which only crashed once in thousands and thousands of flights.

Burt Rutan is the ... ( 6 months ago by dude58677)

Burt Rutan is the engineer and he is as brilliant as Warner von Braun.
There is no heated reentry because the back wings flip up causing drag to slow the descent of the space craft and the slowing of the space craft reduces friction.

How do you think ... ( 5 months ago by ogicabp4u)

How do you think air travel got started? DUH!

I love this stuff. ... ( 4 months ago by JamesF63)

I love this stuff. It's a real adventure. However, I really think anti-gravity technology is going to steal the show in the not too distant future.

I'm glad someone ... ( 3 months ago by JoshuaGodinez)

I'm glad someone did a follow-up story on Scaled Composite's explosion, but the description of this video made it seem like there would be more than you would learn from a press release and there wasn't. This was a straightforward booster piece, which is fine with me, rather than what it was described to be.

this will open up ... ( 3 months ago by barpitrider)

this will open up new doors for people who want to be an astronot. they might would open up schools to train students that dont have to have military training. and air line pilots could up grade their license to space line pilot or some thing like that. but thats just a thought.

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