that is really *expletive deleted* cool!

i would love to go just to see it. it should be awe-inspiring

Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
that is really *expletive deleted* cool!

Thats what I said whin I first saw it!

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Whoa! Our first Spaceport... what a trip! (Pun intended).

This is like something straight out of a movie. Can you imagine all the things this will lead to?

Already so many thoughts/questions run through my mind ~ (Will space remain without borders, or will there be area 'claims' made?... If it leads to another area, will some kind of 'passports' be required?...What about all that 'space junk' in the way, and will this only create more?)

Ahhh... it's already messing with my head, lol. So many things to become curious about.

Thanks for sharing the info ~ it's quite exciting!

With all the problems for funding, zoning etc that I had read about this is exciting. Gives me a real Heinlein rush to think that space may actually get privatized (at least LEO). Thanks for sharing E, I missed this one!

I could see this working a few years ago, but now??? Come on..a spaceport in this economy? Am I the only one that thinks that there isn't a snowballs chance that this thing will turn a profit? I will be surprised if this ever opens its doors.

This will cost billions...Who is paying for it?

Also...I would assume your not actually going into space but simply slightly higher than the average airplane would go...

I don't see them allowing commercial flights full of citizens freely into space and near any government equipment, satellites, or who knows what else is up there.

While this is cool and interesting...It's disconcerting because its just simply a tease. Plus the average person and even slightly less average person would never be able to afford these flights...



[edit on 6/17/2009 by AceOfAces]

well.....if space ends up getting divided up like the american west im on the first Conestoga Wagon up there with enough space cattle to start my own moonbeef empire.

don't get your hopes up. first the flights in space aren't even an orbit! second you will not even leave earths atmosphere. there aren't any thermal tiles on the craft. third in this economy the doors will not even open on the space port.
ticket price per person is $250,000.

this is just a scam!

and don't forget The government will regulate the flights IF they give the ok for commercial flight that is.



[edit on 6/17/2009 by Mercenary2007]

This is very cool! I would love to go and check it out!

Good old Virgin Galactic,

Who would've thought a smelly British dude with a stupid looking beard who started his business by selling 12" vinyl records would be the first large scale entrepreneur for commercial space flights and the biggest commodity behind the worlds first commercial space port.

Well done Richard Branson... respect!

this is just a scam!

If the market is there and the demand is there, it doesn't matter what anyone else's opinion is. Its still a step forward in commercial space travel. There are tens of thousands of billionaires and multi millionaires who would jump at this opportunity... Then when the cost eventually drops to a couple of grand.. would you not do it if your family bought you a trip for your birthday?

Or would you prefer noone attempted this and left the commercial space sector stagnate for another half century?

For one, I am delighted that this is being attempted.. even if it fails, it will still leave the door open.

Originally posted by Mercenary2007
there are to many secrets in orbit around our planet for them to allow civilians into space, no matter if it is 100 km or 1,000km.

Thats a good point.. stupid NASA and US government with their stupid secrets..

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