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SS2 First Feather Flight, Mojave, May 2011_Filmed by The Clay Center Observatory.mov
Exclusive footage of the first feather flight, Mojave, CA,
Awesome! Can’t wait to take my family to space.
@MA3LK
“Still nothing beats a NASA space shuttle in beauty of flight.”
I agree somewhat in that it does not look dangly at a distance and its size is impressive. But economically, these are at the cost of making it extremely impractical. While aerodynamic shape is usually nice, a flying “boat” would look even better, but not aerodynamic. If “vimanas” could be created, they could be the most beautiful flying things ever (other than birds), but we don’t have the technology to make those yet.
Sorry to hear that moments in history bore you.
“Take us out Mr. Branson”
梦想有朝一日…
离开地球.
ya its unbelievable how far we come form simple shuttle’s to complex now this soon maybe space elevator may come true in the near future.
I suppose, once the passenger flights getstarted, all the other airlines will want to jump on the suborbital flight bandwagon.
it would be cool to fly with it
Amazing
@MA3LK
Oh please. that thing is a load of shit. It cost way to much money. It’s technology is way out of date and we simply do not need it anymore. NASA is quite possibly the most over spending program in the entire US. Just one space shuttle launch is an incredible waste of resources. It can be done for much much cheaper, probably 1/10th of what NASA is currently spending, but nobody wants to face that fact. Especially the old bastards running NASA.
@f38stingray Haha yeah, although WK2 has already gone through comprehensive testing for this scenario, of course. In fact, I think they even tested flight on just one engine… probably.
I can’t get over how close the future seems – space tourism, for crying out loud! It’s unbelievable.
@f38stingray – Ooh, Well,
Still nothing beats a NASA space shuttle in beauty of flight.
im waiting for it shooting into space, this was just boring
Looks like if an engine goes out, they would have a BIG asymmetric thrust problem.
@signedadam
It didn’t go into space yet. It was a captive carry flight, meaning that they were just testing to make sure that the rocket would be save to be carried on the airplane. Looks promising, though.
they just wanted to see how it handeled the laod of SS2, soon very soon they will load it with fuel
@beatlefriend Trans-continential sub orbital commerical flights would be really cool. I’m betting pretty intense flight though. Not for the qweezy types. That will cause a bit of an upgrade for ATC!
The first time a Virgin has ever made it into space!
Momentus!
Wake up, NASA! Private enterprise is going to make you look like a bunch of dopes that spend money like drunken sailors.
virgin galactic should make its first trip to the moon or mars
This video sucks they didnt show alot of things like the pilot boarding/exiting the craft. I want to see how its done. Are there 3 pilots? 1 main pilot and 2 co-pilots. SUCKS!
OMG! did it go in to space, Wow! Virgin, well done,
@Antenox The cockpit is in the right-hand fuselage, for both the pilot and co-pilot. As far as I know, nothing much goes on in the left-hand fuselage. Last year, the “windows” on the left fuselage were just black vinyl stickers. I don’t know if that’s still true. I think one idea for the future is to carry passengers there, so they can watch the launch from up close.
(Not official info)
great job one step closer to civi space travel