Author Topic: Would you ride on SS2 if money was not an issue? (Read 8820 times)

Mark Max Q · « **on:** 09/28/2006 09:53 pm »

Also, same point of no object against it, would you prefer to ride on the Shuttle?

hyper_snyper · « **Reply #1 on:** 09/28/2006 10:05 pm »

Who would actually vote for SS2 if they had the Shuttle as an option?

Orbiter Obvious · « **Reply #2 on:** 09/28/2006 10:06 pm »

The both option is tempting, but a few minutes of weightlessness alongside someone like Paris Hilton..........no. Shuttle every time.

George CA · « **Reply #3 on:** 09/28/2006 10:31 pm »

Yes to both, but I agree the types of passengers on SS2 will be rich Californians, and I know just how annoying they are!

vt_hokie · « **Reply #4 on:** 09/28/2006 10:46 pm »

Hmmm, I'd have to think about that. Don't know if I'd be brave enough....perhaps once SS2 develops a statistically significant reliability record!

oscar71 · « **Reply #5 on:** 09/28/2006 10:51 pm »

Rutan's flying machines don't have a great safety record and the shuttle has those solid rockets. I'd ride Soyuz though.

Dana · « **Reply #6 on:** 09/28/2006 11:27 pm »

Yes to both, but the real truth in my case is, I don't just want to be a passenger-in both cases, I'd want to be piloting the thing!

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #7 on:** 09/29/2006 12:29 am »

Both, but Shuttle would be my preference.

astrobrian · « **Reply #8 on:** 09/29/2006 03:44 am »

If it has a seat with my name on it, I'll ride it. SS2 or Shuttle

MKremer · « **Reply #9 on:** 09/29/2006 03:59 am »

Until a Shuttle-equivalent enterprise comes around, SS2 is the most realistic for now. Yup, I'd go.

Waterfalldescender · « **Reply #10 on:** 09/29/2006 12:23 pm »

If money was no object, I opt for the Soyuz...that way I could be a inquistive little pest at the ISS for Expedition Crews

kevin-rf · « **Reply #11 on:** 09/29/2006 01:47 pm »

While dreaming for globs of money, Something with a window seat that docks with a large transparent volume to free float arround in without a space suit all the way to first the moon, and then mars, and then a glide through saturns rings. A moon and mars walk are a must.

You know we should have a pole, what planet/moon do you want to visit most...

Honestly I would accept a seat on a SS2,Shuttle,Orion,Soyuz,Shenzhou, or maybe a Musk Dragon... but it would need to prove itself first.

Orbiter Obvious · « **Reply #12 on:** 09/29/2006 07:21 pm »

Yes to both.

apollolanding · « **Reply #13 on:** 09/30/2006 12:13 am »

SS2, Shuttle, CLV, Soyuz, human rated EELV... It doesn't matter to me. If it gets me into "space", I'm there!

NotGncDude · « **Reply #14 on:** 09/30/2006 01:24 am »

I'd ride on anything that can get me up there

punkboi · « **Reply #15 on:** 09/30/2006 01:29 am »

Riding either of those would be a "step up" on skydiving...which I did twice.

hop · « **Reply #16 on:** 09/30/2006 01:36 am »

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punkboi - 29/9/2006 6:12 PM

Riding either of those would be a "step up" on skydiving...which I did twice.

Bring this man a moose.

On the thread topic, if offered a ride on any of them, I think I'd take it.

Jamie Young · « **Reply #17 on:** 09/30/2006 02:50 am »

SS2 will never be as involved as Shuttle, but no one other than the chosen few will get to ride on a Shuttle.

punkboi · « **Reply #18 on:** 09/30/2006 04:49 am »

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hop - 29/9/2006 6:19 PM
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punkboi - 29/9/2006 6:12 PM
Riding either of those would be a "step up" on skydiving...which I did twice.
Bring this man a moose. On the thread topic, if offered a ride on any of them, I think I'd take it.

That moose is quite...interesting. Scary as heck, but interesting.

elmarko · « **Reply #19 on:** 09/30/2006 12:30 pm »

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oscar71 - 28/9/2006 11:34 PM

Rutan's flying machines don't have a great safety record and the shuttle has those solid rockets. I'd ride Soyuz though.

They don't? I thought they had an excellent record...

TheMadCap · « **Reply #20 on:** 09/30/2006 05:32 pm »

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elmarko - 30/9/2006 7:13 AM

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oscar71 - 28/9/2006 11:34 PM

Rutan's flying machines don't have a great safety record and the shuttle has those solid rockets. I'd ride Soyuz though.

They don't? I thought they had an excellent record...

There were apparently several near-critical failures with SS1 on it's maiden and Anasari flight. I believe one failure involved the thing spiraling up into the stratosphere with no way to regain control?

Jackson · « **Reply #21 on:** 10/01/2006 02:31 am »

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TheMadCap - 30/9/2006 12:15 PM

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oscar71 - 28/9/2006 11:34 PM

Rutan's flying machines don't have a great safety record and the shuttle has those solid rockets. I'd ride Soyuz though.

They don't? I thought they had an excellent record...

There were apparently several near-critical failures with SS1 on it's maiden and Anasari flight. I believe one failure involved the thing spiraling up into the stratosphere with no way to regain control?

Yeah, near loss of vehicle on the first flight. Spun out of control for a long time.

astrobrian · « **Reply #22 on:** 10/01/2006 03:14 pm »

It was not a near loss of vehicle as they were up high enough it was kinda like with the ET losing foam upwards in the flight. The air that high is less dense and therefore not as damaing on the structure. It is the same reason it was "out of control". Not enough air up there to really be able to counter the roll quite as they would like to have. Scaled determined, before the second flight, that what had caused the uncontrolability was that SS1 had gone past vertical during the ascent, which aparently was a no no in the design. The only near loss of vehicle actually came on the first suborbital flight when the feather jammed in a position that would have caused SS1 to spiral down

vt_hokie · « **Reply #23 on:** 10/01/2006 04:58 pm »

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astrobrian - 1/10/2006 10:57 AM

The only near loss of vehicle actually came on the first suborbital flight when the feather jammed in a position that would have caused SS1 to spiral down

I thought it was an elevator trim tab or maybe the entire elevator, not the feather mechanism. I could check...I've got the Discovery Channel's "Black Sky" DVD's (very well done, btw). But in any case, yeah, they've had some scary moments! Will there be any in-flight egress capability on SS2? Based on the design, I'm guessing not.

bad_astra · « **Reply #24 on:** 10/02/2006 01:55 am »

If money was no object, sure I'd fly on SS2. If I had the option which of the suborbital starups I'd buy a ticket on, I suspect it would be Blue Origin. VTVL would be a blast.

astrobrian · « **Reply #25 on:** 10/02/2006 02:08 am »

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vt_hokie - 1/10/2006 11:41 AM I thought it was an elevator trim tab or maybe the entire elevator, not the feather mechanism. I could check...I've got the Discovery Channel's "Black Sky" DVD's (very well done, btw).

Pretty sure you are right, the specific part that jammed was the trim tab. I realize now just saying feather was rather vague/wrong. I ordered those DVDs myself and agree on thier quality.