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Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | about the ease of the flights they take and the design of the space craft. It's a sub orbital vehicle, it's not designed to orbit earth, dock with another vehicle, etc, it's just designed to take passengers up and down on a brief suborbital flight. |
1r0n4n9el
Better run, better run faster than my spear User ID: 79983911 United States 07/20/2021 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They had the oldest person to ever reach space on board. Probably didn't want live video of that in case she had a sudden health issue from the excitement. But wouldn't they still film it on the off chance someone didn't have a damn heart attack? lol I think they do have videos but they didn’t want to share it … |
Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They had the oldest person to ever reach space on board. Probably didn't want live video of that in case she had a sudden health issue from the excitement. But wouldn't they still film it on the off chance someone didn't have a damn heart attack? lol Film it, yes, they probably did. Filming doesn't necessitate live streaming it. |
BananaFighter
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OldCar
User ID: 68903750 United States 07/20/2021 09:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | why do the privateers only go up for a mere minute with no hang time. just up and down. Because it's a suborbital hop. They don't have a large enough rocket to build up the horizontal velocity required to orbit earth and stay in space. do you consider the area they were in to be space? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80105356 United States 07/20/2021 09:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a bit unsure why, but that was rather emotional for me. As a child I was watching when Challenger exploded, I was pretty traumatized and like anything traumatic I blocked it and my love of spaceflight out. This is the first time I've had an interest since then. I guess it was a bit of healing for me, even though NASA has been doing it for years. Strange and unexpected. |
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1r0n4n9el
Better run, better run faster than my spear User ID: 79983911 United States 07/20/2021 09:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Astro is the best! |
here&back
User ID: 38487486 United States 07/20/2021 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a bit unsure why, but that was rather emotional for me. As a child I was watching when Challenger exploded, I was pretty traumatized and like anything traumatic I blocked it and my love of spaceflight out. This is the first time I've had an interest since then. I guess it was a bit of healing for me, even though NASA has been doing it for years. Strange and unexpected. Quoting: Daniel's Window Same here - I saw that one too. |
ovation3
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BananaFighter
User ID: 80038626 United States 07/20/2021 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a bit unsure why, but that was rather emotional for me. As a child I was watching when Challenger exploded, I was pretty traumatized and like anything traumatic I blocked it and my love of spaceflight out. This is the first time I've had an interest since then. I guess it was a bit of healing for me, even though NASA has been doing it for years. Strange and unexpected. Quoting: Daniel's Window An interest in what exactly? This didn't have anything to do with space. This was about as interesting as watching a canon ball be shot. Nothing of significance was achieved here. |
Xeven
User ID: 79827759 United States 07/20/2021 09:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | In 10 years they will be mining asteroids and the moon. I reserve the right to declare my comments and posts as satire. Nothing I post should be considered or interpreted as advocacy for illegal activity. My comments are designed to inspire critical political thinking. I only mean half of what I say and only say half of what I mean. |
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Xeven
User ID: 79827759 United States 07/20/2021 09:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That’s not very diverse of you. I reserve the right to declare my comments and posts as satire. Nothing I post should be considered or interpreted as advocacy for illegal activity. My comments are designed to inspire critical political thinking. I only mean half of what I say and only say half of what I mean. |
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BananaFighter
User ID: 80038626 United States 07/20/2021 09:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So in a span of a couple of weeks we had to rich idiots waste hundreds of millions so they could achieve nothing of importance. So you can shoot people straight up 60-70 miles and they can come straight down. There's no practical application for this. Also, if we supposedly sent someone to the moon then this is nothing. It's like we invented the car and got super excited to watch someone ride a bike. |
Xeven
User ID: 79827759 United States 07/20/2021 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So in a span of a couple of weeks we had to rich idiots waste hundreds of millions so they could achieve nothing of importance. Quoting: BananaFighter So you can shoot people straight up 60-70 miles and they can come straight down. There's no practical application for this. Also, if we supposedly sent someone to the moon then this is nothing. It's like we invented the car and got super excited to watch someone ride a bike. I agree with you. The New Glenn is better investment. I reserve the right to declare my comments and posts as satire. Nothing I post should be considered or interpreted as advocacy for illegal activity. My comments are designed to inspire critical political thinking. I only mean half of what I say and only say half of what I mean. |
cosmicgypsy
User ID: 80037766 United States 07/20/2021 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm a bit unsure why, but that was rather emotional for me. As a child I was watching when Challenger exploded, I was pretty traumatized and like anything traumatic I blocked it and my love of spaceflight out. This is the first time I've had an interest since then. I guess it was a bit of healing for me, even though NASA has been doing it for years. Strange and unexpected. Quoting: Daniel's Window Same reaction from me, back then and today. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
Astromut
(OP) Senior Forum Moderator 07/20/2021 09:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Also, did anyone pick up on the name of the ship? New Shepherd - I assume a play on Jesus, the Good Shepherd? Just can't leave anything alone huh. (Sorry if already mentioned) Quoting: ovation3 No, the name is New Shepard. It's named for Alan Shepard, the first American to reach space on a similar sub-orbital flight during the Mercury program. |
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Nagabonar666
User ID: 44340796 Indonesia 07/20/2021 09:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Look at all those white people at the landing.. all the white people getting out of the capsule.... what about diversity??? Somehow I bet no network will say a peep about it.. Quoting: ovation3 Branson, Bezos, Elon... Say whatever negative there is to say about them, but they have itched their names as the pioneers of private space flight into history and probably kicked off the true space race .. among private entrepreneur's |