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Virgin considers cabin and spacesuit designs
Flight International ^ | 01/02/07

Posted on 01/04/2007 7:17:43 PM PST by KevinDavis

Virgin Galactic is in discussions with the spacesuit industry and preparing to release a request for proposals. As work continues on its Scaled Composites-designed SpaceShipTwo (SS2) vehicle, the UK suborbital tourism provider wants a fallback position for environmental control.

It envisages a lightweight suit with no hard points and perhaps a moveable face plate. "We want the safest possible system. We are pursing our own pressure suit [as an option]. I'm going to pursue both [a spacesuit and a shirt-sleeve cabin environment]," says Virgin Galactic chief operating officer Alex Tai.

Under US Federal Aviation Administration rules published on 15 December, commercial spaceflight vehicles are required to have passive and/or active, closed or open loop, environmental control. Tai says Scaled Composites will look through the new rules, and is still conducting trade studies on SS2 systems including environmental control.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: space; virgin

1 posted on 01/04/2007 7:17:43 PM PST by KevinDavis
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2 posted on 01/04/2007 7:18:26 PM PST by KevinDavis (Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
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To: KevinDavis
"Virgin considers cabin and spacesuit designs"

Nice title. I thought this thread would involve space suits and chastity belts.

LOL.

3 posted on 01/04/2007 7:42:41 PM PST by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
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To: KevinDavis

The day is coming closer when man can escape into space from the world government.

The question is "Can he run fast and far enough to keep away from it?"


4 posted on 01/05/2007 5:11:38 AM PST by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: KevinDavis; Sue Perkick

I'll say...

I wonder if I'll have service for my mobile phone up there...

;-)


5 posted on 01/05/2007 6:41:58 AM PST by 2Jedismom (http://kimsbug.blogspot.com/)
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To: KevinDavis
Two things private industry may accomplish that NASA hasn't:

1) A "one size fits most" space suit.

2) A completely recycled space environment with little or no need of replenishment of air, water and food.
6 posted on 01/05/2007 10:16:28 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years)
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To: PeteB570
The day is coming closer when man can escape into space from the world government.

Since the world government has asserted ownership of the entire universe, both visible and invisible, you'll have to create your own completely independent and separate universe. There won't be mail service between universes.

7 posted on 01/05/2007 10:20:02 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: 2Jedismom

You know we just might. Mine works everywhere else. Except some government buildings. (must be a conspiracy of some kind. LOL)


8 posted on 01/05/2007 11:57:55 AM PST by Sue Perkick (Just a water spider on the pond of life.)
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