Branson to Bezos "I hit that first"

[deadshank 24,653]

Just now, elfenix said:

no one died.  much disappoint.

Now now. 

[elfenix 34,332]

pilots fucking nailed the landing tho. 

[Trey3216 15,355]

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

pilots fucking nailed the landing tho. 

At 68 mph, I’d hope they would.    
 

 

[deadshank 24,653]

3 minutes ago, elfenix said:

pilots fucking nailed the landing tho. 

Underwhelmed with the tire size.  Was hoping for some Dick Cepek monster gumbo mudders. 

Edited July 11, 2021 by deadshank

[Underdog 28,768]

Hal let them land? 

[Nicole44 22,075]

4 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Now now. 

Exactly. 

[RPM 26,346]

It's not a plane you fucking empty headed blonde bimbo. It's a spacecraft. JFC

Can't we get the actual smart woman back on air?

Edited July 11, 2021 by RPM

[deadshank 24,653]

Just now, RPM said:

It's not a plane you fucking empty headed blonde bimbo. It's a spacecraft. JFC

She’s terrible.   Really. 

[Anastasis 23,481]

If you stuck around for the rest of the VG live stream it’s a clown show producing wise. 

Edited July 11, 2021 by Anastasis

[Trey3216 15,355]

6 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

If you stuck around for the rest of the VG live stream it’s a clown show producing wise. 

I mean, they had already landed and the altimeter was saying they were at 468 feet or so.   Lol.  

[washparkhorn 9,939]

A multi-passenger X-15 - straight out of the 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15

I am sure there is more to it (other than a vanity project for Branson). But what is the purpose of this platform other than "space" tourism? 

[deadshank 24,653]

14 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

I mean, they had already landed and the altimeter was saying they were at 468 feet or so.   Lol.  

It was reading +/- 4600 feet.    That is taking into account the local altimeter reading for elevation above sea level.  Truth or Consequences, NM ain’t on the beach. 
 

Got to do the math, bruh. 

[Texas Jeff 1,945]

33 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

I am sure there is more to it (other than a vanity project for Branson). But what is the purpose of this platform other than "space" tourism? 

Win the X-prize for Burt Rutan.   This is just a scaled up version of that original mission.

[Nicole44 22,075]

Branson’s presser is killer with the fellow badasses. 

[Handcruser 2,805]

Sir Richard set to take off from Spaceport America in 15 minutes. The only reason he's launching today is to beat Bezos. I like it.
 

That was some of the worst broadcasting/commentating Ive ever witnessed.

They even missed the takeoff and almost missed the landing.

[Paper_jam 831]

3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Agree.  I miss Miles OBrien as the main space tech reporter.

Also a good transporter chief. 

[Trey3216 15,355]

2 hours ago, deadshank said:

It was reading +/- 4600 feet.    That is taking into account the local altimeter reading for elevation above sea level.  Truth or Consequences, NM ain’t on the beach. 
 

Got to do the math, bruh. 

Ahhhh.  That’s fair enough.  Just seemed like there was a lot of wonky shit on their feed and I was assuming distance from ground rather than sea level.  My bad 

[Cajun 11,722]

One billionaire egomaniac doosh beats another billionaire egomaniac doosh into space -- News at Eleven!

[staboner 4,984]

wonder how new texas meglomaniac Musk feels about this? i am sure his small dick energy got a boost from this circus

[Anastasis 23,481]

SpaceX would have had the presentation produced to 10/10 and then Musk would have come out and derped up the presentation. VG ran 3/10 production out and Branson brought at least 5/10 charisma to the thing.  Can't wait to see what Bezo does. Can we just shoot all these fuckers into the sun?

[atomheartbevo 89,787]

2 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Can we just shoot all these fuckers into the sun?

1. Steal one of Disaster Area's spaceships.
2. Cram all of them into said spaceship.
3. Shoot said spaceship into the Kakrafoon sun as a part of a Disaster Area gig.
4. Everybody pats themselves on the back and claims that it was a "good gig".

[washparkhorn 9,939]

3 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Can't wait to see what Bezo does.

Is he flying on the giant dong - complete with balls of fire and a pubey shaft. 

 

[washparkhorn 9,939]

4 hours ago, staboner said:

wonder how new texas meglomaniac Musk feels about this? i am sure his small dick energy got a boost from this circus

Musk wants Mars.

[atomheartbevo 89,787]

11 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

Is he flying on the giant dong - complete with balls of fire and a pubey shaft. 

[washparkhorn 9,939]

Branson's marketing people should retort with:

The Blue Origin Tourists will be flying a giant white penis. At Virgin, you will be flying to space in a Ferrari. What will your instagram followers say.

Fly Virgin. Arrive in style.

 

[XYZ 2,154]

13 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Can we just shoot all these fuckers into the sun?

I kinda like Branson. Can we keep him and shoot the other two into the sun?

[WithoutAClue 15,425]

Win a seat on Virgin Galactic

[Ghost of LL 15,539]

I gotta tell you--I'm a space nerd.  But I'm completely underwhelmed by Virgin Galactic.  It looks like a fun amusement park ride, but that's about it.

[RPM 26,346]

4 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I gotta tell you--I'm a space nerd.  But I'm completely underwhelmed by Virgin Galactic.  It looks like a fun amusement park ride, but that's about it.

A short X-15 flight vs a short Alan Sheppard flight.

Elon gonna John Glenn.

[Ghost of LL 15,539]

2 minutes ago, RPM said:

A short X-15 flight vs a short Alan Sheppard flight.

Elon gonna John Glenn.

I guess that's the thing.  SpaceX is the only one who is doing stuff that wasn't done 60 years ago.

[RPM 26,346]

Branson does have bragging rights as Astronaut 001 (Licensed to Thrill). First civilian passenger. Dude has cojones.

[CycleTex87 2,981]

Branson is selling tickets on this ride.  The VG feed had several references to the space "experience" beginning with the new state of the art private space port and high desert area around the area.  The whole ride is over in an hour, and you only go up and down, so there needs to be some other stuff around the experience to get the high rollers and Surly 1%'ers to pony up for the tickets.    

Anybody have a handle on the ticket price?  $1MM?  $10MM?  $100K?

 

[RPM 26,346]

3 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

so there needs to be some other stuff around the experience to get the high rollers and Surly 1%'ers to pony up for the tickets.

[Anastasis 23,481]

31 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

Branson is selling tickets on this ride.  The VG feed had several references to the space "experience" beginning with the new state of the art private space port and high desert area around the area.  The whole ride is over in an hour, and you only go up and down, so there needs to be some other stuff around the experience to get the high rollers and Surly 1%'ers to pony up for the tickets.    

Anybody have a handle on the ticket price?  $1MM?  $10MM?  $100K?

 

I thought that they were like 250k. 

The VG plane ride up and drop from 50k feet should be a selling point for the "casual" space tourists that don't want the knock around of the full rocket ride experience on Bezo's phallus rocket. 

[RPM 26,346]

VG is aiming for $40K per.

[GringoSalado 1,651]

1 hour ago, CycleTex87 said:

Branson is selling tickets on this ride.  The VG feed had several references to the space "experience" beginning with the new state of the art private space port and high desert area around the area.  The whole ride is over in an hour, and you only go up and down, so there needs to be some other stuff around the experience to get the high rollers and Surly 1%'ers to pony up for the tickets.    

Anybody have a handle on the ticket price?  $1MM?  $10MM?  $100K?

 

Current pricing may be higher but most existing customers (like Bieber) paid $250k. I believe they have sold around 200 tickets? They are refundable though I believe.

[washparkhorn 9,939]

Branson should move his ride to Las Vegas.  The area near the massive solar farm near the California border would be a nice setting for the plane ride to space. 

Edited July 12, 2021 by washparkhorn

[MoJames 8,251]

[AeroHorn 754]

8 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

I gotta tell you--I'm a space nerd.  But I'm completely underwhelmed by Virgin Galactic.  It looks like a fun amusement park ride, but that's about it.

Yeah, most of it is just a plane ride. The rocket ride up and down to the plane elevation was about 5 minutes (?) with the zero gravity (just falling with style) was for about a minute; about the same duration as an amusement park ride. Probably parachuting is more thrilling than that brief tumble inside a tube.

[elfenix 34,332]

39 minutes ago, AeroHorn said:

(just falling with style)

which is what zero gravity is. 

[AeroHorn 754]

10 minutes ago, elfenix said:

which is what zero gravity is. 

But the actual one comes with 17,000mph tangential speed, which this one didn't. An important distinction.

[RPM 26,346]

His interview on Colbert tonight was pretty epic.

[Anastasis 23,481]

Bezos is loaded into the tip of the penis, ready to be shot into space. 

 

[cabowabo 4,514]

Godspeed to these brave astronauts.

[Anastasis 23,481]

If it blows up, I am going to buy a bunch of AMZN on the pre-market reaction. 

[Anastasis 23,481]

Some sort of a hold on the launch. 

[Anastasis 23,481]

And lifted. 

[mdmost 43,043]

Forgive my ignorance but why is the rocket so damn dirty? I get sandstorms blowing through but it looks like it needs to wash the road gunk off the tip. Or is that a design? 

Edited July 20, 2021 by mdmost

[Captainant 27,757]

9 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

If it blows up, I am going to buy a bunch of AMZN on the pre-market reaction. 

TBH, I'd bet that Bezos stepping down as CEO of AMZN had quite a lot to do with being the first human to fly on a brand-new rocket. Liabilities and continuity of business and all that.

 

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Forgive my ignorance but why is the rocket so damn dirty? I get sandstorms blowing through but it looks like it needs to wash the road gunk off the tip. Or is that a design? 

I think it's the feather motif that they've been using. I agree that it looks bad lol

[RPM 26,346]

6 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Forgive my ignorance but why is the rocket so damn dirty? I get sandstorms blowing through but it looks like it needs to wash the road gunk off the tip. Or is that a design? 

Looks like some sort of graphic.