Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve

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• Miles?

  Probably should be 50,000 feet, not miles.

  

  Malcdean

  29 July, 2009 07:35

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  • 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_z

    29 July, 2009 10:19

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  • 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)!

    

    3dguru

    1 August, 2009 08:53

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• RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)

  280 dollars???

  

  razooli

  29 July, 2009 09:03

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• 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.
  

  

  Techknowledgie

  29 July, 2009 10:10

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• If it could get to 50,000 miles up on a single tank...

  I'd be buying stock right now.

  

  Ad Astra

  29 July, 2009 15:21

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• RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)

  With URS/Foster designng hanger/ terminal Branson has a real treat instore.

  

  waynelowell@...

  29 July, 2009 18:24

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• 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@...

  29 July, 2009 18:59

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• 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@...

  30 July, 2009 18:57

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