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More SpaceShipTwo Details

Posted by michael on from the flight-of-fancy dept.

Anonymous Coward from Manitoba writes "BBC news is reporting more details about Burt Rutan's proposed SpaceShipTwo. Apparently the new flyer will include five to eight passenger seats and have the 'same diameter crew cabin as a Gulfstream V business jet'. It will fly much higher than SpaceShip One - up to '135-140 km' that will permit an additional 90 seconds of microgravity. This will be important, since 'we want this roller coaster-type bar that you fold out of the way and you can float around'. They are also planning to 'have the option of landing in a different place from where they took off'. I can't wait until we can ride SpaceShipThree across the Atlantic in 20 minutes!"

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  1. an extra 90 seconds by roseblood · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... my husband could take a hint from spaceship two.

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    1. Re:an extra 90 seconds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If he needs to go up 135-140kms i can understand why he'd want to be out of there as soon as he could be.

    2. Re:an extra 90 seconds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      So you're saying he should be charging $200,000 a ride?

    3. Re:an extra 90 seconds by Viceice · · Score: 4, Funny

      this must be the first time i've seen the phrase "my husband" used on slashdot.. ever....

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  2. Since you are in space by eclectro · · Score: 4, Funny


    Will they be able to hear you scream???

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  3. Too rich for my taste by wcitechnologies · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until they get somewhere in the neighboorhood of SpaceShipTwentyEight, its still gonna be too expensive for me!

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  4. Translation please? by Filiks · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This experience is going to have very few restrictions on what you can do because these payloads are doing it for fun and every person has a different idea of what fun is.

    Floating in space (Ansari X-Prize)
    The X-prize vision is about to be realised
    "Does that mean that some guy and his girl might want to take the whole ship? OK!"

    Is that a euphemism for zero gravity sex? It'll be one of the few times when being quick is actually good! Also, with presumably multi-year waiting lists, it'll take performance anxiety to new high.

  5. 20 Minutes? by thelizman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not including the two to two and a half hours it takes for the mother ship to climb to release altitude, and the flight itself takes more along the lines of a half hour to descend. Still faster than anything short of the concorde, but you'll still have to wait eight hours for your luggage - SS2 is designed for you and enough oxygen to keep you pink on the ride.

  6. OK, smart guy... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    How's that jumbo airliner come out against a schooner?

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