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rustyuk said:
Zero-G lasted what 2 minutes? Not sure what they are charging now but it seemed to me more like an experience day type event.
Strangely difficult to find hard data but some press articles this week were saying you get more zero-G on the Virgin trip than you do in Blue Origin.skwdenyer said:
DaveTheRave87 said:
I imagine the "experimental craft for billionaires" market has cooled in the last week or so.
Who's going to take a chance on this?
I think VG are properly man-rated, unlike Titan, aren’t they?Who's going to take a chance on this?
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So only for a certain definition of "properly". (Commercial Aviation of the type where you go on holiday is Part-135 and is definitely not Experimental Airworthiness; this category is closer to someone who's knocked up an aircraft in their garage and is flying it themselves)
skwdenyer said:
DaveTheRave87 said:
I imagine the "experimental craft for billionaires" market has cooled in the last week or so.
Who's going to take a chance on this?
I think VG are properly man-rated, unlike Titan, aren’t they?Who's going to take a chance on this?
That's not to claim the former is a piece of piss, I certainly wouldn't belittle the efforts of Rutan et al as they have achieved something amazing. But the failure of Titan was (almost certainly, as the investigation is ongoing) due to it failing to handle a mechanically extreme environment.
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