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    Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level

    Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President

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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/14/09

    In reply to Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level
    It's basically Pegasus.
    -Kle.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    10/13/09

    In reply to Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level
    Wanted: Affordable way to launch satellite into space. Does not need to reach sustainable orbit, just needs to go high enough to qualify as "space". Expect return of satellite after recovery of launch vessel.
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    Image of Mecharine Mecharine
    10/13/09

    In reply to Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level
    Does anyone get the feeling that Sir Richard Branson has a hidden volcano island base somewhere in the Pacific, and is slowly progressing on his giant space cannon?
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    David Stever, as Chip Skylark promoted this comment Mecharine was starred Mecharine was unstarred
    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/13/09


    @Mecharine: I thought that you were comparing him to the astronaut Jeff Tracy, but I didn't think that Sir Richard had that many sons, or a friend named Lady Penelope.
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    Image of burlybax burlybax
    10/13/09

    In reply to Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level
    Do people have satellites sitting around in their garages waiting for a low cost launch system?
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    10/13/09

    @burlybax: I got two or three, why?
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/13/09

    @burlybax: Yeah, mine is built out of a large Weber Kettle, with some snazzy solar panels and an antenna to broadcast my clandestine "Radio-Free Utah" broadcasts.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/13/09

    In reply to Virgin To Take Passenger Luggage To A New Level
    So it's an expensive low cost system?
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/13/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: It passes the nega-savings on to you.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Did anyone else read that guy's name as "Hwhill HWhitehorn"?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Upsidasium.
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Do these people take us for fools? They can try to use biofuels "wherever" possible" but the unalterable fact is that it costs some $20k to get a kilogram into low earth orbit. There's nothing in this puffery that would alter that equation significantly. Space travel is by its very nature incredibly energy-intensive. It might still be worth it. But people shouldn't pretend there's a green option.
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    I hate to admit it, but it's becoming more and more obvious that advancement in space flight is going to have to come from the private sector. Gods forbid that NASA should do something fucking useful.
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    Image of corpore-metal corpore-metal
    05/19/09

    @Aidan_:


    That's a awful lot of faith in a company that calls itself "Virgin Galactic" when their only space vehicle, which hasn't even gone on test flight yet, is barely suborbital.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    05/19/09

    @corpore-metal: but it's so pretty, LOOK SHINEY PLANE!!!!
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    Image of James Strocel James Strocel
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Even better, build a 100 mile-long rail gun in Siberia. You wouldn't get many emissions from that one.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/19/09

    @James Strocel: But wouldn't it be hysterical if construction in Siberia further increased the release of methane in the tundra permafrost?
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    05/19/09

    In reply to Commercial Spaceflight Will Be Green, Claims President
    Huh? How is one going to get up into space without the use of extremely hazardous materials aka rocket fuel that is full of stuff like Chlorine and Benzene?


    Unless someone can manufacture pixie dust, then I say bullshit.

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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    05/19/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Trebuchet
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/19/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I don't see how Microsoft's cheesy sans serif font would help but hey, you're the expert
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    05/19/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Well, the notion of doing it greener doesn't imply NOT using hazardous chemicals, but perhaps LESS of them. For example, lighter ship frames using composite materials and more aerodynamic craft designs could reduce the amount of fuel required to get a ship in orbit.


    In the end it really comes down to weight as far as how much propellant is used, right?

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