World's First Commercial Spaceport now being built in New Mexico

[Lucian]

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wow na amaze ko ani dah. ngiga no... speechless ko...

[rig]

noosebleed ko sa space fair! T_T

[rambutan]

wow! ninduta ah!!!

so if ang mga konyotic college girls, mag storya for their vacation.. it will be something like this na..

asa ka mag vacation this summer ?

UV : mag out of town mi sa ako family, basin boracay..
UC: mag out of the country mi, possibly hongkong sa ako bf.
USC: ah, mao ba.. kami mag out of space mi nect week, excited na ku!

[rodsky]

out of space

Sorry to nitpick, but "out of space" is an awkward statement (murag nahutdan ka'g papel while writing a term paper hehe)...perhaps you meant, "out of earth" or "out in space"

-RODION

[brownprose]

Rodsky, with your prograde and retrograde that I learned, I would like to shift career as a space cabby. When I get to Mexico soon, promise not to flagdown the first 10,000 miles for you.

[erichoy]

nindota ani noh..murag dugay2 pa jud mo drop ang price ani ba.. ehehehehe

[rodsky]

Rodsky, with your prograde and retrograde that I learned, I would like to shift career as a space cabby. When I get to Mexico soon, promise not to flagdown the first 10,000 miles for you.

Hahaha, thanks, very generous of you!

On a more serious note, permit me to elaborate. The first series of Virgin Galactic flights will be suborbital, and thus knowledge on prograde/retrograde maneuvers are not really that useful for these sort of flights. When Spaceship3 gets done, that one will be orbital, and yes, knowledge of basic orbital mechanics would be very useful indeed.

-RODION

[r0mm3L]

hapit na ma tinuod atong gi tan.aw sa movies and anime.

[Tarmac]

I'm still curious just how Rutan will make Spaceship Three come down from orbital flight. Some form of thermal protection system will certainly be required, not just the shuttlecock feathering on the surborbital SS1 and SS2. I also wonder how they plan to get SS3 up into orbit at all. Would a scaled-up White Knight system work or is it back to single or multi-stage rockets?

In my opinion, a suborbital flight is akin to an expensive amusement park ride. But orbital flight, now that's space travel.

[rodsky]

I'm still curious just how Rutan will make Spaceship Three come down from orbital flight. Some form of thermal protection system will certainly be required, not just the shuttlecock feathering on the surborbital SS1 and SS2. I also wonder how they plan to get SS3 up into orbit at all. Would a scaled-up White Knight system work or is it back to single or multi-stage rockets?

In my opinion, a suborbital flight is akin to an expensive amusement park ride. But orbital flight, now that's space travel.

My own prediction is that it could closely follow the specs of the X-20, from the cancelled US Air Force "Dyna-Soar" program...

X-20 Dyna-Soar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is a simulated version in Orbiter...I flew this several times before, but failed to achieve orbit. That first stage is very tricky--the fuel is just about right to make it into a 150 by 140 km orbit.


So yes, something like the ablative coating of the "white" X-15s might be used, or perhaps even ceramic tiles.

-RODION