Visiting Virgin Galactic And Spaceport America - BBC Click
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- We got exclusive access to Spaceport America in New Mexico to speak to the team behind Virgin Galactic and learn more about their plans to put tourists into space.
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This is awesome! I hope they don't have anymore setbacks, and can start sending people soon! The next decade is an exciting one for space exploration!
How thin the atmosphere is and how important its to take care of it....wow
Make it a transport vehicle from London to NY something like a modern Concorde would make more sense.
I agree with you there.
SpaceX is working on that with point to point travel.
They just invented tickle down morality.
I am sure it is going to work out just fine.
Loving the engineering on the spaceship though..
Thank you all ! Hi Richard
I had the privilege of working at Edwards Air Force Base's NASA Dryden' Aeronautical Research Flight Test Range at one of the tracking and telemetry stations (ATF1) there when Burt Rutan made his first historical flight of the first civilian attempt to reach outer space and return to the ground safely,
Awesome ... now there's also stock available per jan 2020...
When they can do more than a sub orbital hop then I'll be impressed. The edge of space isn't space.
Virgin Galactic's longer term plan is for point-to-point suborbital spaceplanes, capable of flying from Auckland to London in about 3-4 hours.
@@michaelclentworth1283 Elon Musk's SpaceX talked about this idea some years back. Hopefully they are planning on using electric ships for these hops. Times are changing fast.
Since you happen to be the defining overlord of "what is space", how come Nasa issued the pilot astronaut wings?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Astronaut_Badge
Must be a typo on behalf of Nasa. What the fuck do they know in compare to your infinite wisdom?
BTW...no I'm not jealous of the mega rich... they earned it and deserve it... Just saying
where is the footage of the last powered flight they did ? not these short video clips . we want to see if they really experienced weightlessness and how it is different from what they do with Zero G plane
You would think that after tests are Ok. instead of a small space plane they would do either a retrofitted full sized airliner or a full sized new space plane airliner so not only could more people fly up there, But also there could be a area inside like the padded sides open section were the customers could enjoy the few minutes of Zero G they paid so much money for? Plus bigger means better in aircraft reduction of costs per person.. That's why passenger aircraft have got bigger! Something the size of the Double Decker sized Airbus 380 as a space plane seems the better choice than a tiny 4 person craft, It could be a the 1st true space and air flying big space plane.. with it's own rocket engine built in the wings along with the jet engines with closing covers for protection from vacuum of space, This would then do the climb it's self no mother jet needed. It is not like Virgin Boss has not the money to do one?
Don't. Mean to be a party pooper but rockets & space travel ie vacume does not compute.ie they won't be very high. Cgi for the balance.
We should invite some Flat-Earthers for a ride
I don't see the curve so i need a free ride : b
You should buy a ticket for 250000.00. See how long you wait to go hahaha. No one going anywhere but broke from this scam. Wake up
@@umelnyck You're a Fcuken Idiot!
@@umelnyck get out.
eat a big sausage .polish one not Italian
This is giving me some 'Concord' vibes.
Vineeth Jose that’s the next thing coming with Boeing/virgin........just saying hint hint
Is this simply a vertical launch and a controlled fall back to earth? Thought the presentation was well done and a balanced overview. Thanks
Thomas Fedzin I assume this isn’t something a person with motion sickness would or should attempt. I doubt I could tolerate living in space due to this. I can’t even enjoy a fishing trip unless we are moving and I’m driving.
How long in terms of actual flying time?
90 minutes
In addition to the footprint of the Space Plane you produce the footprint of the Launching Plane which is really two Jumbo Jets...
@@Tomatrix22 The Talking Head on the program left the launching plane out completely. ;)
Compare price and risk to climbing Mt. Everest. Not that different in the long.
It will accelerate space exploration with more accessibility 👍🏻 #bbc
Virgin Galactic also needs a rocket booster to reach more height, with this reusable rocker booster you can go to the ISS, to go around the earth. What are you waiting for?
10 minutes of zero g for $250,000. Might as well take a vomit comet for $10000 and have a way longer experience
White Night, more like white elephant! He's being superseded by rivals
We need more *electric space ships,* because our current rockets are like ovens with a chimney at the bottom. We can do better with electrically charged particle jets.
You are joking, right?
How would an electric rocket work? 😂
Got nearly 600 shares.. Alas I'm broke.. Gonna keep buying every payday till branson flies
comparing amazon's unmanned space thingy and ability to the echo's ability to understand local dialects ... To virgins space effort is rediculous......
when 4k bbc ?
Their was like 6 cars in the parking lot......🤣 Busy place!
They better get on flying passengers fast, Bezos is breathing down their neck with New Shepard.
200 000 is penny's compared to 20 000 000 on nasa. Thats 10 to 40 times cheaper...
5:58 someone lost a wallet there.
"in Space no one can hear you scream..
What else is out there.....
But it's reality today
His trains do not run on time.God help the spacecraft also.
Dream chaser is a far more sensible vehicle.
Shut up about 'the environment' and trying to shame people into liking flying and space.
right I couldn't believe they actually brought that up.... honestly theres so much more we should be caring about when it comes to pollution n the environment.
You can only visit spaceport America if you are mega rich...I live in Las Cruces NM..we pay for it but can't even go eat there much less visit it... but I hope the mega rich have fun with it at our expense... BTW we the people of the failed state of Nuevo Mexico are very poor...but I'm not complaining it is what it is..
One more thing...I just think the people of Dona Ana county and Las Cruces NM should have to pay for the spaceport America and not be able to eat there and enjoy space travel....we really are stupid people here and deserve what we get... just saying... have fun Sir Commander Sir it's your spaceport
I saw the virgin aircraft first debute 10+years ago. And we're seeing this mainstream now? What a effin joke
Juan Guaido presidential plane?
pale blue dot
I hope at least one rich flat-earther visits the space :D
we dont need to.
Wake up fool. You still believe this crap. The cats out of the bag. Millions are waking up to this deception. No one going anywhere but broke with this scam. People been waiting since 2004. Man it's easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled
@@umelnyck Yea yea... I guess you are one of those, who goes to shamans and not to doctors when sick. Believe in angels and live in your rosy beautiful fairy tale further...
@@TamsosPadaras funny how this fairy tale not going away but growing year after year ..hmmm. 33% of millennials don't believe the ball earth claim according to a recent Forbes survey. They are mostly educated and able to understand that no one is spinning 1000 miles an hour upside down in Australia. The more you think about it the stupider it sounds. Hahaha lol
@@umelnyck 100% per cent of sane people knows that is pointless to argue with flat-earther :P
Should be driving a tesla
So it’s absolutely awful emission wise. Scrap it
Ninety minutes???!!! I want to see Alpha Centuri, and you can't get there in ninety minutes..., yet, anyway. Work on that would you, Richard?
Lado kha muji khaire. Peace man
id rather buy a trip to mars from elon musk
@Jeremy Brookes There is no coming back i will live there, he builds a city aswell.
@Jeremy Brookes i was being sarcastic about going, did u see this video? more towards the end ruclips.net/video/tdUX3ypDVwI/видео.html will it kill virgin galactic? im pretty sure they will do it better and cheaper and more exciting not to say that you get from A to B meanwhile.
Musk, Branson, and even Bezos scummy ass all pushing space exploration forward and I appreciate it
Given the pilot's speech about taking care of the environment, are Virgin Galactic high altitude not-spaceflight carbon neutral or even better carbon negative? I doubt it. Branson's just trying to add to his billions as usual.
@@Tomatrix22 Literal timestamp? I must have missed it. A pretty shameful admission for a company that talks so much about the environment and which is 1) owned by a multi-billionaire and 2) targeting very wealthy customers. Planting a few hundred/thousand trees per launch wouldn't add much to the ticket price/eat into profits that much.
Space is not enough. Go to the moon
baby steps...
Mars is not enough, go to another galaxy
a big waste of fuel !
Is this place connected to Jeffrey Epsteins property in NM?
Richard Branson wants to take the company public. It will destroy the vision and the company will become a supplier for a bigger company or will fold ultimately
What a lie about ecosystem damage
I think it will be a Flop!