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Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 9:35 am
by Son of Mathonwy
Re: Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 4:20 pm
by morepork
Is it? Do we really need three private space tourism companies headed by three different real life Bond villains spunking carbon and enough money to end world hunger into the ether all in the name of vanity?
Leave research to scientists.
Re: Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 8:28 am
by Son of Mathonwy
morepork wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 4:20 pm
Is it? Do we really need three private space tourism companies headed by three different real life Bond villains spunking carbon and enough money to end world hunger into the ether all in the name of vanity?
Leave research to scientists.
Well, from a UK perspective it's sad that there won't be a satellite launching facility here.
From a science perspective it's an interesting alternative method to launch small satellites from the wing of an aeroplane, and (I would perhaps naïvely think) a more efficient one than launching from the ground.
Of course launching this far for the equator isn't such a great idea!
Re: Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 9:01 am
by Sandydragon
morepork wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 4:20 pm
Is it? Do we really need three private space tourism companies headed by three different real life Bond villains spunking carbon and enough money to end world hunger into the ether all in the name of vanity?
Leave research to scientists.
I rather suspect the research has been by actual scientists, its just the funding is private rather than public. Maybe this is how space research proceeds with greater private investment.
Re: Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 1:38 pm
by morepork
Sandydragon wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 9:01 am
morepork wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 4:20 pm
Is it? Do we really need three private space tourism companies headed by three different real life Bond villains spunking carbon and enough money to end world hunger into the ether all in the name of vanity?
Leave research to scientists.
I rather suspect the research has been by actual scientists, its just the funding is private rather than public. Maybe this is how space research proceeds with greater private investment.
You mean like the token woman biochemist the Saudis paid to send up for PR? The ISS is due to crash and burn by 2030. It's done. This is a jolly.
Re: Virgin Orbit folds
Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 6:11 pm
by morepork
Whitey on the Moon (RIP Gil Scott)