Virgin Galactic Maiden Voyage

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

So we will be living in the era of Space Tourism.
"Have Spacesuit, Will Travel."
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technol...rbital-flight/

[spacezebra (Petra)]

My bags are packed JJJ - ready to go - just need the cash$$$$$

Cheers Petra d.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I think I'll wait and go to one of the Lunar Resorts.
I could handle low g much better than no g.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

I dream of Lunar gravity Earth's gravity is hard on you when you have spinal injuries so I think I could really get mobile again running jumping imagine the basketball in lunar gravity up there white men could jump.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by supernova1965

imagine the basketball in lunar gravity up there white men could jump.

Imagine the ballet!!

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

Imagine the ballet!!

The Dancer that throw's the dancer in the air might have to wait a while for the dancer to come down might interfere with the flow of the dance

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

it would be quite a leisurely descent wouldn't it.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Exciting times hey? Still $200k for a ticket. Will have to wait a bit still

[Kevnool (Kev)]

The wife told me only if you want to but i declined .
Cheers Kev.

[bloodhound31]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Exciting times hey? Still $200k for a ticket. Will have to wait a bit still

We'll be right on coupon day or when they start putting "buy one get one free" on shop-a-dockets.

[White Rabbit]

I really dont know how they expect that plane to fly, considering it has a big pole coming out of the bottom.

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

Exciting times hey? Still $200k for a ticket. Will have to wait a bit still

$200k is just for the ticket, I wonder how much the travel insurance is?

"No Ma'am, you cannot claim for your husbands death, you did not tick to have 'Faulty O-Ring' cover with your space insurance premium"

[Robh (Rob)]

I imagine there will be a lot of safety issues to overcome. But it will certainly set a new direction in passenger flight. It will take some fuel to reach this altitude (100 kms) but I imagine it will take much less fuel to fly around the Earth at this altitude.

Regards, Rob.

[Waxing_Gibbous (Peter)]

Safety, shmafety. Stick me in an old telephone booth on top of a Redstone and fly me to the moon!!

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Robh

I imagine there will be a lot of safety issues to overcome. But it will certainly set a new direction in passenger flight. It will take some fuel to reach this altitude (100 kms) but I imagine it will take much less fuel to fly around the Earth at this altitude.

Regards, Rob.

I wonder if the "space hostess" will do their little routine showing the exits? What about the seat belt sign? Are they putting zero-G toilets in there? Could be messy ...

[Baron von Richthofen (Vaclav)]

I have just paid my $40,000 deposit for 2 tickets, cant wait then I woke up, Dam

[seanliddelow (Sean)]

How misleading was Today Tonight? "Takes you to the stars"
That would be some bang for your bucks- Literally and Figuratively(Supernova)

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

Originally Posted by multiweb

I wonder if the "space hostess" will do their little routine showing the exits? What about the seat belt sign? Are they putting zero-G toilets in there? Could be messy ...

I wonder if the hosties will take the "Air NZ" look for safety demos.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by tlgerdes

I wonder if the hosties will take the "Air NZ" look for safety demos.

Emergency exit over the wing, that would surely blow out the fire.

[Robbie]

you wont get my butt into that unless I get to fly it.