Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve
by Andy Smith | July 29, 2009 6:53am PDT | Image 1 of 13
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At the Airventure 2009 air show, Sir Richard Branson, flew Virgin Gallactic's mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo aka VMS Eve, for the first time. The plane is designed to launch a spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, into space - 50,000 miles above the Earth. For more, read Larry Dignan's blog.
Credit: credit Mark Greenburg, Virgin Gallactic
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Miles?
Probably should be 50,000 feet, not miles.
Malcdean29th Jul 2009 -
miles/feet...details..
Oh come now....should a *ahem* writer/journalist check such silly details like that....nobody cares about accuracy do they??
Wow....sure wish I could get paid to screw up!!
ColdFusion_z29th Jul 2009 -
I think they mean 50 miles
Definition of the edge of space is debatable, but most place it at about 300,000 ft, which is about 49.4 Nautical miles (1Nmi = 6076 ft)!
3dguru1st Aug 2009 -
RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
280 dollars???
razooli29th Jul 2009 -
RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
50,000 miles above the earth?? I think not. SpaceShipOne was required to pass 328,000 feet to capture the Ansari X Prize -- about 62 miles, not 50,000. For more accurate information about SpaceShipOne/Two, check out www.DesertTurtle.com.
Techknowledgie29th Jul 2009 -
If it could get to 50,000 miles up on a single tank...
I'd be buying stock right now.
Ad Astra29th Jul 2009 -
RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
With URS/Foster designng hanger/ terminal Branson has a real treat instore.
waynelowell@...29th Jul 2009 -
RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
"A model of Spaceport America, home to Virgin Gallactic's space operations." -- Money waster much? Complexity of building from 0-100? I'd have to say 90%!
bolscher@...29th Jul 2009 -
RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)
Is "VMS EVE", by any chance, a reference to the Extensible Vax Editor that used to run (and probably still does!) on the VMS operating system?
bjswm@...30th Jul 2009
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