Author Topic: VgGalactic press release thread (Read 41834 times)

8900 · « **on:** 01/22/2008 09:12 am »

VgGalactic press release announcement is near (in a few days)
Let's open a new thread on it

space_dreamer · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/22/2008 10:25 am »

Do you think it will be about Wight Knight Two or Space Ship Two?

I hope it’s an unveiling of WK2 and not an announcement of a delay.

daj24 · « **Reply #2 on:** 01/22/2008 11:11 am »

I remember reading that it is expected they will unveil scaled models of both vehicles.

At the very least.

docmordrid · « **Reply #3 on:** 01/22/2008 05:40 pm »

The Telegraph (UK newspaper) is reporting SS2's design will be unveiled tomorrow, 1-23-08, in New York.

Link....

8900 · « **Reply #4 on:** 01/23/2008 05:09 am »

Hopefully tests will begin this year =]
2008 will be exciting year for space

meiza · « **Reply #5 on:** 01/23/2008 02:04 pm »

Liveblogging by Flightglobal's Rob Coppinger:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/

Andy USA · « **Reply #6 on:** 01/23/2008 02:14 pm »

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8900 - 22/1/2008 12:09 AM

Hopefully tests will begin this year =]
2008 will be exciting year for space

Will be anyway, without any PR from Paris Hilton's suborbital joyride.

kenny008 · « **Reply #7 on:** 01/23/2008 02:29 pm »

The press release is out:

http://www.virgingalactic.com/pressftp/

Launch Fan · « **Reply #8 on:** 01/23/2008 02:45 pm »

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Andy USA - 23/1/2008 9:14 AM

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8900 - 22/1/2008 12:09 AM

Hopefully tests will begin this year =]
2008 will be exciting year for space

Will be anyway, without any PR from Paris Hilton's suborbital joyride.

Agreed.

eeergo · « **Reply #9 on:** 01/23/2008 03:02 pm »

Wow, its nominal reentry profile will be 6 gs! I don't know if Paris Hilton will like that

ApolloLee · « **Reply #10 on:** 01/23/2008 03:28 pm »

Well, certainly not a carbon-copy of Spaceship One and White Knight II ... at least on the surface. In fact, at least nose-on, Spaceship Two looks much more like a conventional aircraft than Spaceship One did. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but won't this make testing a little more extensive than previously thought?

And not to get Star Wars references into it, but let me be the first to mention the resemblance of White Knight II to the Cloud City Pod Cars... or at least to the real-world F-82 Twin Mustang...

daver · « **Reply #11 on:** 01/23/2008 03:31 pm »

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23433757-details/Book+a+space+now+on+out+of+this+world+tourist+flight/article.do
Guess its time to book a flight.

Not having any luck getting the link to work :angry:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/
article-23433757-details/Book+a+space+now+on+out+of+this+world+tourist+flight/article.do

If you copy the two lines above and paste them in your browser it will work.

ckiki lwai · « **Reply #12 on:** 01/23/2008 04:36 pm »

White knight sure looks special, would both fuselages have a cockpit or would there be only one cockpit with the other one just having windows for aesthetic purposes?

Oh and I also like the Virgin Galactic girl

PurduesUSAFguy · « **Reply #13 on:** 01/23/2008 05:05 pm »

Space Ship two reminds me quite a bit of the X-20.

I'd love to see how/if/when Rutan can parlay his work on SSI/II into an orbital system.

JMS · « **Reply #14 on:** 01/23/2008 05:23 pm »

The Virgin site seems to be overwhelmed at the moment.
Apparently quite a bit of interest...

Jason · « **Reply #15 on:** 01/23/2008 05:43 pm »

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PurduesUSAFguy - 23/1/2008 1:05 PM

Space Ship two reminds me quite a bit of the X-20.

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Kind of looks like a Sabreliner also.

collectSPACE · « **Reply #16 on:** 01/23/2008 05:47 pm »

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ckiki lwai - 23/1/2008 11:36 AM

White knight sure looks special, would both fuselages have a cockpit or would there be only one cockpit with the other one just having windows for aesthetic purposes?

According to SPACE.com:

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Family members of passengers or other space tourists can watch a SpaceShipTwo launch from inside a WhiteKnightTwo cabin, each of which sits just 25 feet (7.6) meters from the center-mounted spaceship.

kevin-rf · « **Reply #17 on:** 01/23/2008 06:34 pm »

looking at the pics, it looks like only one of the twin hulls is full of windows, maybe the passenger cabin in White Knight Two only has windows?

Rusty_Barton · « **Reply #18 on:** 01/23/2008 06:38 pm »

Here's an article on the BBC website with illustrations and a video.

Virgin unveils spaceship designs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7205445.stm

More story links:
Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwo
http://content.zdnet.com/2346-10532_22-184522-1.html

PICTURES: Virgin Galactic unveils Dyna-Soar style SpaceShipTwo design and twin-fuselage White Knight II configuration
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/23/221031/pictures-virgin-galactic-unveils-dyna-soar-style-spaceshiptwo-design-and-twin-fuselage-white-knight.html

daver · « **Reply #19 on:** 01/23/2008 06:51 pm »

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Rusty_Barton - 23/1/2008 1:38 PM

Here's an article on the BBC website with illustrations.

Virgin unveils spaceship designs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7205445.stm

The article says $200,000.00 dollars per person.
With 6 paying customers per flight = $1.2 million
They have 200 seats sold = 33 flights booked = $39,600,000.00 minus expenses.

Going to try and fix my earlier link. I couldn't edit the last post anymore, guess there is a 3 strike limit. LOL