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.
Nice title. I thought this thread would involve space suits and chastity belts.
LOL.
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?"
I'll say...
I wonder if I'll have service for my mobile phone up there...
;-)
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.
You know we just might. Mine works everywhere else. Except some government buildings. (must be a conspiracy of some kind. LOL)
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