SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight

Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by pessimizer on Friday October 31, 2014 @04:03PM (#8540823)

You're forgetting how cool it would be for rich people to burn a couple hundred thousand to fly in space for two and a half hours. It's clearly the highest expression of the human spirit, and you're a hopeless hater cynic.

I wonder what the carbon footprint of space tourism is, and will be if it becomes cheaper and more popular? I feel guilty flying on a plane.

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by brent_noorda on Friday October 31, 2014 @05:14PM (#8541168)

I worked out some quick math estimating 25,000 gallons just for the fuel for each tourist's 2-hour flight. Space tourism seems like the douchebaggiest idea ever created. I hope the in-flight space cocktails are worth it. http://brent-noorda.blogspot.com/2014/05/richard-branson-elo...

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by porsupah on Saturday November 01, 2014 @03:16AM (#8542407)

Perhaps Skylon is more to your liking?

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by JabavuAdams on Saturday November 01, 2014 @11:41AM (#8543416)

Live a little! It's okay to be human-supremacist. Sheesh. Have neo-cortex, will dominate.

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