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Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 3:40 pm
by Dalty
Elon Musk will get 0.89 miles there......... then 24.3 miles all over California.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 5:02 pm
by Space Tycoon
Or he'll use the metric system. This is an advanced culture we are talking about, after all.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 5:31 pm
by Dalty
He needs to shut up and just dig his super-dooper vacuum tunnels.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 5:36 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Mal Shot First wrote:That's no moon...
It's a spay station!

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 5:38 pm
by Dalty
Age will do that to you.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 6:26 pm
by neglet
It's comets or alien solar panels. Uh, right.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 6:32 pm
by Space Tycoon
Why not b---


Oh sorry, not my line.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 6:46 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
Whose line is it, anyway?

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 8:31 pm
by Space Tycoon
The Dunedain's.

Re: Space News

Posted: October 23rd, 2015, 9:40 pm
by The Swollen Goiter of God
What's my line?

Re: Space News

Posted: November 6th, 2015, 5:06 pm
by Space Tycoon
http://m.space.com/31054-no-alien-megas ... -star.html

So...it's most likely not aliens.

I mean, it just might be aliens.

But, probably not aliens.

Re: Space News

Posted: November 6th, 2015, 10:40 pm
by Space Tycoon
Unless it is.

Re: Space News

Posted: November 7th, 2015, 3:11 am
by Dalty
Isn't there a big Mars announcement due soon?

Re: Space News

Posted: November 7th, 2015, 11:00 am
by Space Tycoon
I don't know. Probably?

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 11:21 am
by Space Tycoon
Guess not.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 11:22 am
by Space Tycoon
Virgin Galactic's tourism fleet may be stalled, but this looks promising:

http://www.space.com/31294-virgin-galac ... video.html

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 12:57 pm
by Dalty
Hmmmmm, seems a bit rudimentary.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 1:05 pm
by Space Tycoon
And yet, practical and economical.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 4:19 pm
by Dalty
So is my Kia!

Re: Space News

Posted: December 6th, 2015, 5:19 pm
by Space Tycoon
Well, the only other thing VG does right now is test a suborbital passenger craft that was supposed to have entered regular service over 5 years ago. Sat launch was always intended to be part of their business plan.

Maybe they've decided to focus a bit more on what they can be actualized right now, or soon.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 7th, 2015, 11:19 am
by Dalty
A lot of the press here talk about VG being in trouble. Maybe they need this to raise funds?

Re: Space News

Posted: December 7th, 2015, 11:47 am
by Space Tycoon
That's kinda what I'm thinking.

Is it the Virgin Group in general? Or just the "Galactic" division.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 7th, 2015, 2:32 pm
by Dalty
Virgin Airlines sold a big share to Singapore Airlines a while back. That was his big earner. Virgin Music is also owned by somebody else. Virgin Money did OK out of buying the old Northern Rock bank when it nearly went tits up in the 07/08 crash.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 7th, 2015, 10:16 pm
by Space Tycoon
Yeah, I guess the Bran Man wouldn't be where he is today if he didn't know the art of the deal.

Maybe Sir Richard needs to make a call to one Elon Musk, fellow space tycoon.

Re: Space News

Posted: December 8th, 2015, 1:08 pm
by Dalty
He's had a few recent screw ups - rumour was the board were annoyed he was spending so much money on the Galactic thing and not concentrating elsewhere.