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Virgin Galactic in HD
Botsareus:
Anyone seen the vid. for the third launch of Virgin Galactic? They put hd cameras on both launch components. Looks beast.
vrukt:
Well where's the link Botsareus? Don't leave us hanging man!
Just kidding here ya go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwm3leZu-O0
This is apparently the third test, I remember seeing the first a few years back, it was pretty amazing.
The video quality sure has come a long way in recent years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ovETzGtMc
And of course, all designed by the legendary Burt Rutan. The guy comes up with some great designs, I really like his jet, but the audio for the clip was terrible, so I'll show ya this one instead.
https://www.ted.com/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space
Thanks for the word though Botsareus, wasn't aware they'd done the 3rd test.
Numsgil:
Is it meant to be able to achieve a proper LEO? Or does it just use a parabolic trajectory to get above the Karman line?
Botsareus:
Just checked there website. Apparently they have something called 'LauncherOne' that does go into LEO. Do not know if it makes it back from LEO safely.
The original design was meant to get you as close to the feeling of being in outer space as possible. But you also get all the gforces of going to outer space as a bonus.
But in general, it is just cool. 8)
vrukt:
--- Quote from: Numsgil on September 01, 2014, 05:20:49 PM ---Is it meant to be able to achieve a proper LEO? Or does it just use a parabolic trajectory to get above the Karman line?
--- End quote ---
Ya as far as I know they're just using a parabolic trajectory to get to the Karman line. First flight hit the Karman line mark of 100km to get the X-Prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipOne#Development_and_winning_the_X_Prize
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