Draco-REX Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 I had no idea they were this far along. http://www.wimp.com/featherflight/ That test pilot has balls the size of planets. If that had failed, I have no idea how he could have regained control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy chan Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 sooooo cool!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Got 2 seats booked. BOOYA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyh Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 How is the pressure? oh its good thanks bitch for updating us 40 times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpyro2 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 interesting....quoted from comment section virgingalactic.com "Several articles have suggested that the ability to do without the kinds of thermal protection used by NASA vehicles is purely a function of lightweight materials and clever design. This ignores the rather significant difference between reentry at a velocity of essentially zero and reentry at orbital velocity -- roughly mach 22. No amount of clever feathering is going to solve the problem of getting rid of that kind of kinetic energy without serious thermal protection." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 "Several articles have suggested that the ability to do without the kinds of thermal protection used by NASA vehicles is purely a function of lightweight materials and clever design. This ignores the rather significant difference between reentry at a velocity of essentially zero and reentry at orbital velocity -- roughly mach 22. No amount of clever feathering is going to solve the problem of getting rid of that kind of kinetic energy without serious thermal protection." This. Suborbital - aka ballistic - and orbital are TWO COMPLETELY different things. Fold that thing like that at Mach 25 and it'll rip to shreds, so I doubt that ship design is ever for anything other than pleasure excursions: pop up the millionaires, give em 2-10mins of zero G and some photo-ops, then let em come back down, collect cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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