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    Image of Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies
    12/07/09

    In reply to First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup
    You hear that lonesome howl io9?

    That is the sound of the wind roaring through millions of empty bank accounts?

    (Not making a social statement. This is too cool to knock.)
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    Image of Gann Gann
    12/07/09

    In reply to First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup
    I do love me some spaceporn. Can't wait for some high-res action shots of this hot little 3-way.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    12/07/09

    In reply to First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup
    On planes, my wife likes to talk, I like to sleep. This looks perfect for us as long as I can get a seat in a different cabin.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    In reply to First Commercial Spacecraft is Ready for Its Closeup
    Why 3 cockpits??? Incase one of the pilots are pished out of their face!!
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    Image of Nasdaf Nasdaf
    12/07/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): so everyone has a window seat
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    Image of Aligon Aligon
    12/07/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): This is actually a picture of Whiteknighttwo + Spaceshiptwo. Spaceshiptwo is the craft in the middle, which detaches and launches away from its mothership at about 15km altitude, then zooms up to 100km with its own engines.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    12/07/09

    @Aligon: @CoyoteBrown: Can we all just pretend they actually NEED 3 cockpits!!!

    It makes it more fun!
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    02/12/09

    In reply to The History (and Future) of Commercial Space Flight
    Hey, I'm all for commercial spaceflight. Just don't be so naive as to believe it will somehow eclipse governmental spaceflight.
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    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    02/13/09

    @corpore-metal: Whats so naive about it? Govemental spaceflight has been going down hill for a long time.

    Personaly I think its naive to think the mars planes have a hope in hell of coming true.
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    Image of Andrew Liptak Andrew Liptak
    02/13/09

    @twDarkflame: I agree. Governmental spaceflight is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but it is contingent upon taxpayers who still want to fund it, and NASA's budget has been going down ever since Apollo, which is not a good thing.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    02/12/09

    In reply to The History (and Future) of Commercial Space Flight
    Man, I wanted to go to space before, but getting to look like Daft Punk while doing it really seals the deal.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    02/12/09

    In reply to The History (and Future) of Commercial Space Flight
    *gurgle* My memory module has overloaded! Nicely done, Andrew.
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