Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space

Re:Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space by djsumdog on Thursday December 13, 2018 @03:07PM (#18675545)

That's how Hollywood studios do a lot of their anti-gravity shots as well. They have to be shot really quickly, in short takes, with custom planes that have movie sets built into the interior. It's pretty crazy and dangerous when you think about it.

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Re:Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space by gambler on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:52PM (#18676471)

Fascinating. Didn't know they use real zero-g. Do you have links to any articles that describe the process in more detail?

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Re:Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space by chrisco255 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:05PM (#18676557)

Here's a video of Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton in the vomit comet from Apollo 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IAAjk3QdU8

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Re:Virgin Galactic successfully reaches space by vxNsr on Thursday December 13, 2018 @07:14PM (#18677341)

There are a whole lot of random sharp edges there to be jumping around and then suddenly dropping out of the air every 30 seconds. one of them almost faceplants into something, yikes!

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