SpaceShipOne made it!

Randallw · #1 September 30th, 2004, 12:52 AM

In the paper here for the Last 2 days they have stories about Richard Bransons new company "Virgin Galactic" which claims in 3 years they will start space trips for $A300,000 (which is about $US210,000) for a 4min flight. It has him holding up a model of SpaceShipOne with Virgin markings, and it says they are going to build a small fleet. One entrepenuer here (who runs an electronics store chain) says he'd be willing to do it but only if he gets to be the pilot (he's a bloke who once flew a helicopter across Antarctica)

http://www.virgingalactic.com/

Kamog · #2 September 30th, 2004, 01:18 AM

$210,000 US? All right, I'm going to go up in space and see the earth from space one day! That's my goal, to do that within my lifetime.

Will · #3 October 4th, 2004, 12:22 PM

Just an update, SpaceShipOne has made it again, and Scaled Composites now has the $10 million (US) X-Prize!

Space.com Story

se5a · #4 October 4th, 2004, 12:36 PM

Yup, not confermed yet though. but it got up there and landed safely.
looks like it went without a hitch to.

Intimidator · #5 October 4th, 2004, 02:04 PM

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Kamog said:
$210,000 US? All right, I'm going to go up in space and see the earth from space one day! That's my goal, to do that within my lifetime.

$210,000 is a lot of money but a lot of people will pay for it (I am absolutly sure about that) So a lot of new companies will emerge and the price will drop (

wishfull thinking) enough in 10 years so that I can afford it (wishfull thinking again)