More SpaceShipTwo Details · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Sunday January 2, 2005 @10:04PM 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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Yeah... by plj · 2005-01-02 22:46 · Score: 5, Insightful

I can't wait until we can ride SpaceShipThree across the Atlantic in 20 minutes!

...and imagine still wasting one hour travelling to the air/spaceport, three ours in check-in and security lanes, half an hour on the other end to get your luggage back, and yet one hour travelling off the port.

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