Check out XenoCorp.Net's FTP site !! Over 10 GB of gaming files for your downloading pleasure: ftp.xenocorp.net
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
up to eight passengers at a time (From other info that is excluding the 2 person crew)is to create 3,000 new astronauts a year - per departure point, Rutan adds, and per ship."Mojave is not going to be the only place in the world where there will be a place to buy tickets and fly a spaceflight," Rutan said.For another, Rutan and Branson plan a ship of luxury, with service and amenities that at least match Virgin Atlantic's upper-class travel service. And that, as any airline flier knows, starts with leg room.Rutan said SpaceShipTwo would have about the same diameter crew cabin as a Gulfstream V business jet, which measures slightly more than 6ft in height and 7ft in width (1.9m by 2.2m). Seats will fully recline so that even elderly passengers - Rutan and Branson both plan to fly their elderly fathers - will be able to handle the expected force of six times Earth's gravity upon descent.The G-forces are higher than what SpaceShipOne's pilot experienced, but that is because Rutan is aiming for a top altitude of between 84 and 87 miles (135-140 km), rather than the 62-mile (100km) target required to win the Ansari X-Prize competition.The extra altitude will add about another 90 seconds of "weightlessness" for passengers to enjoy. Travellers will be able to do more than watch how candy flies around in space - they can fly themselves. "The ship could launch not far from Las Vegas and land in Mojave," Rutan said. "Or, we could launch offshore, start out over the ocean and then... fly over the mountains and land in the desert.Initially, the cost of the flights will be too high for most people to afford. However, within 10 to 12 years, suborbital spaceflight would be a real option, Rutan said.The best part of all, Rutan added, was that 15 years from now, "every kid who dreams, 'Wouldn't it be cool to fly in space?' will know that in your lifetime, you are going to go to orbit.
Topic: More info on Spaceship 2 (Read 1023 times)