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The Ultimate Glide: PlanetSpace's Suborbital Travel Plan (20 min flight to Paris from NY)
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| 02/14/07
| Tariq Malik
Posted on 02/17/2007 9:27:02 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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Silver Dart
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To: neverdem
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:27:33 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, kae jong-il, chia head, pogri, midget sh*tbag)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I guess those paper airplanes made more sense than I thought.
The looks like it was designed by a 1st grader.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:30:25 PM PST
by
zarf
(Her hair was of a dank yellow, and fell over her temples like sauerkraut......)
To: zarf
Re #4
I used to make lots of them, too. Made them longer and pointier as time went.
Hopefully, I will ride this suborbital hypersonic plane someday.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:37:00 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, kae jong-il, chia head, pogri, midget sh*tbag)
To: TigerLikesRooster
I guess that flight time to Paris dosen't include the wait time of 10 hours to get deiced.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:50:54 PM PST
by
TaMoDee
To: TigerLikesRooster
Too many concepts, not enough results. Until this thing accomplishes *at least* what Burt Rutan did, it simply isn't news.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:52:14 PM PST
by
billybudd
To: TaMoDee
I guess that flight time to Paris dosen't include the wait time of 10 hours to get deiced. Add the other 10 hours to get through security checkpoints.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:53:33 PM PST
by
Yaelle
To: TigerLikesRooster
>>>The firm's planned Silver Dart space plane
Somewhere Captain Midnight is consulting his attorneys regarding trademark infringement.
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posted on
02/17/2007 9:53:44 PM PST
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tlb
To: Yaelle
Oh, Silly me forgot that "little" wait. LOL!
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02/17/2007 9:59:01 PM PST
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TaMoDee
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:03:14 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:05:06 PM PST
by
FairOpinion
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To: TigerLikesRooster
A few snags in this commercial scheme:
Start with the departure point, in Nova Scotia. Not exactly centrally located, and I doubt the weather's very friendly for daily launches.
They're also using an array of boosters to achieve Mach 22 and that stately glide into Paris. I figure they throw away 10-20 million dollars worth of hardware on every flight. For 8-12 passengers, wouldn't that make the ticket a little pricey?
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:06:44 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
( How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?)
To: ZOOKER
Re #12
Well, they could do Ultra-Fedex for really urgent and expensive packages.
More feasible than a transporter.:-)
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:13:57 PM PST
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TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, kae jong-il, chia head, pogri, midget sh*tbag)
To: zarf
"I guess those paper airplanes made more sense than I thought. The looks like it was designed by a 1st grader." Mr. Sheerin, (pictured here) when asked for comment, said: "I resemble that remark."
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To: ZOOKER
They're also using an array of boosters to achieve Mach 22 and that stately glide into Paris. I figure they throw away 10-20 million dollars worth of hardware on every flight. For 8-12 passengers, wouldn't that make the ticket a little pricey?My question too. If they could eliminate the boosters with a low acceleration rail gun at the airport, now that would be economical. And it would rock.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Congress is ready to throw our economy in the toilet with carbon taxes and we're supposed to embrace this thing? Hell, to meet the carbon reduction goals they are discussing, we'll all have to ride bicycles, end all vacation travel, and never heat or cool our houses or offices again. Why would anybody even consider this energy hog in this eco-kook climate?
To: TigerLikesRooster
None of this stuff is even remotely possible until we can ensure that some troglodyte jihadist doesn't decide that this is his martyrdom target.
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posted on
02/17/2007 10:58:36 PM PST
by
Spruce
To: ZOOKER
So what if it takes a day to travel up to Nova Scotia, then you have to wait more days for good weather to launch, and all this for $5 million or so a ticket. You get to travel to Paris or somehere in 20 minutes. Like, woohooh. They'd find plenty of suckers, I mean passengers, at twice the cost.
To: Vince Ferrer
My question too. If they could eliminate the boosters with a low acceleration rail gun at the airport, now that would be economical. And it would rock. Unless you can build the railgun at 60,000 feet, it won't work. Too much air resistance.
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posted on
02/18/2007 4:07:07 AM PST
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: Spruce
None of this stuff is even remotely possible until we can ensure that some troglodyte jihadist doesn't decide that this is his martyrdom target. ...Or his suborbital reentry vehicle. This thing sounds like little more than a ballistic missile with landing gear.
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posted on
02/18/2007 6:31:05 AM PST
by
6SJ7
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