Originally Posted by DaFace:
The :-) is that there have been a dozen of these launches, none of them more than an amusement ride, but this is the only one that's drawn derision from CP for some unidentifiable reason.
Fair point. I learned about the launch yesterday in the SPE thread. This morning all the national news outlets were talking about it so I decided to tune in since I'd never watched one before. I didn't know and learned William Shatner had even ridden on it.
But you have to admit the hype and the way it was being sold can easily be laughed at. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mlyonsd:
Fair point. I learned about the launch yesterday in the SPE thread. This morning all the national news outlets were talking about it so I decided to tune in since I'd never watched one before. I didn't know and learned William Shatner had even ridden on it.
But you have to admit the hype and the way it was being sold can easily be laughed at.
I bet actual female astronauts are rolling their eyes at this "crew". [Reply]
Space Flight? What a joke! This is worthless as far as space technology goes. Low energy rocket and a parachute down in 11 minutes. For how much money? Virgin Galactic's little plane at least has some future if they could be launched from something like a Shuttle or Space Station and flown around in Outer Space. That could prove useful. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
The :-) is that there have been a dozen of these launches, none of them more than an amusement ride, but this is the only one that's drawn derision from CP for some unidentifiable reason.
Maybe because this one is being blasted in the news as if it’s some historic event? [Reply]
Originally Posted by philfree:
Space Flight? What a joke! This is worthless as far as space technology goes. Low energy rocket and a parachute down in 11 minutes. For how much money? Virgin Galactic's little plane at least has some future if they could be launched from something like a Shuttle or Space Station and flown around in Outer Space. That could prove useful.
I just wonder how much to fling a bitch into the asteroid belt? [Reply]