SpaceX And/Or Rocketry In General

Mike Hewson
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There are worse things than

There are worse things than fat-fingering :

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

Anonymous

RE: There are worse things

Quote:

There are worse things than fat-fingering :

Cheers, Mike.

Now that's funny.

Mike Hewson
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Well, despite the troubles

Well, despite the troubles they are still selling services.

Cheers, Mike.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal

Anonymous

Blue Origin is getting ready

Blue Origin is getting ready to start a new plant/facility for their effort at the Kennedy Space Center. Competition is building.

Chris S
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I'm still not sure that

I'm still not sure that commercial spaceflights for the public will be a reality in my lifetime. The tecnology is there, if Nasa can build shuttles, so can others. But the money for it, and the comercial viability ...??

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

Anonymous

I don't believe that SpaceX

I don't believe that SpaceX or Blue Origin have any interest in providing Disney type E-ticket rides. Virgin Galactic is into that approach and quite frankly what they hope to get out of it escapes me.

On another note: One of the last return missions some 5 year old "Scotch" aged in space was brought back and given a taste test. Now if "space ageing" produces a superior Scotch then I would be interested in investing in orbiting distilleries. That would make perfectly good sense from a profit and end user/consumer perspective.

Chris S
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RE: Virgin Galactic is into

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Virgin Galactic is into that approach and quite frankly what they hope to get out of it escapes me.


Richard Branson's ego escapes everybody :-)))

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

David S
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http://www.msn.com/en-us/vide

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/wonder/feel-spacexs-pain-with-a-rocket-landing-sim/vi-AAewePP?ocid=iehp

David

Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.

mikey
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RE: RE: Virgin Galactic

Quote:
Quote:
Virgin Galactic is into that approach and quite frankly what they hope to get out of it escapes me.

Richard Branson's ego escapes everybody :-)))

He even sponsored a Formula One Team for a couple of years, I think he is all about the branding, as soon as the Team wasn't on tv as much, due to lackluster performances, he sold out and moved on.

Anonymous

Are they building a second

Are they building a second shuttle? I believe they are but it has been very quiet lately.

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